That's one reason to try to install to a new venv. There won't be any left-over bits to confuse the installer.
On Tuesday, October 14, 2025 at 5:00:12 PM UTC-4 lewis wrote: > After updating to Python 3.14 I had the same problem starting Leo. > > > *File "N:\git\leo-editor\leo\core\leoQt.py", line 6, in <module> from > PyQt6 import QtCore, QtGui, QtWidgets* > > *ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'PyQt6.sip'* > > I needed to uninstall packages PyQt6 and PyQt6_sip, then reinstall. Leo > then worked fine. Both my desktop PC and laptop had the same issue. > > There have been other packages which did not work correctly with Python > 3.14 and a package reinstall was needed. > > On Wednesday, October 15, 2025 at 2:17:14 AM UTC+11 rengel wrote: > >> [image: ModuleNotFoundError.png] >> >> >> A correction: The installation from github did install launchLeo.py. But >> starting 'python launchLeo.py' still results in the error: >> ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'PyQt6.sip'. (I did install the >> requirements.) >> >> On Tuesday, October 14, 2025 at 5:00:37 PM UTC+2 rengel wrote: >> >>> Thank you for your answers! >>> I waited for a couple of days to install the latest version of leo. But >>> in vain. I tried both the pip install and the install from github. But in >>> both cases I get the same error shown in my original post. Upon closer >>> inspection, I noticed that neither launchLeo.py nor PyQt6.sip have been >>> installed. And the installation didn't install a Leo home directory for me. >>> >>> >>> On Thursday, October 9, 2025 at 11:08:55 PM UTC+2 [email protected] >>> wrote: >>> >>>> I just installed Python 3.14 on Windows 11. Then I created a new >>>> virtual environment and pip-installed Leo into it. PyQt6.sip got installed >>>> and Leo ran normally. Something went wrong when @rengel tried installing >>>> Leo, I think, because PyQt6 didn't install normally. >>>> >>>> I'd suggest creating a venv like I did and trying it that way. >>>> >>>> On Thursday, October 9, 2025 at 4:48:45 PM UTC-4 Thomas Passin wrote: >>>> >>>>> I don't think that's it - PyQt6.sip normally gets installed during a >>>>> PyQt6 installation. >>>>> >>>>> On Thursday, October 9, 2025 at 2:52:51 PM UTC-4 [email protected] >>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> @rengel, >>>>>> >>>>>> rengel schrieb am Donnerstag, 9. Oktober 2025 um 16:43:08 UTC+2: >>>>>> >>>>>> Hi, >>>>>> yesterday I updated my machine from Windows 10 to Winddos 11. Today, >>>>>> I completely removed all my old Python installations and then installed >>>>>> the >>>>>> new Python 3.14. From Python I did a fresh install of Leo from PyPi >>>>>> (`python -m pip install leo`) as described on the Leo website. During >>>>>> the >>>>>> install I got the following WARNING: >>>>>> [image: leo-warning.png] >>>>>> When I start leo, I get the following error:[image: leo-error.png] >>>>>> The environment contains the correct paths to Python and >>>>>> Python\Scripts. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> You installed the latest version of Leo from PyPI, which is version >>>>>> 6.8.6.1. >>>>>> >>>>>> This version does NOT yet support Python 3.14.0 ! >>>>>> >>>>>> If you want to try it out before Edward releases version 6.8.7, you >>>>>> have to use the 'devel' branch from GitHub. >>>>>> >>>>>> See >>>>>> https://leo-editor.github.io/leo-editor/installing.html#installing-leo-from-github >>>>>> >>>>>> With kind regards, >>>>>> >>>>>> Viktor >>>>>> >>>>>> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "leo-editor" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/leo-editor/5141e7cc-be82-49a9-8f3f-7f863830895cn%40googlegroups.com.
