On Sunday 28 November 2004 12:48 pm, Rick Graves wrote: > Hello, > > I am trying to install eric3 on a CentOS-3 system. > CentOS-3 is like RedHat's RHEL 3. I cannot install it > because the PyQt install fails. > > I did a fresh CentOS-3 "developement" install to > start. > > The eric3 README lists the steps 1) through 5): > > 1. Install Qt > > It was already installed -- part of a "development" > RedHat installation. rpm -qa reports qt-3.1.2-13.4. > > 2. Build and install QScintilla > > >From the README > >To configure QScintilla, edit the file > > "qscintilla.pro" in the "qt" directory. > > I did not edit the file, because I do not understand > any of the options. But QScintilla built and > installed without any error messages. > > 3. Build and install sip > > It was already installed -- part of a "development" > RedHat installation. rpm -qa reports sip-3.6-1. > > 4. Build and install PyQt (watch for a message > telling, that it is including the qtext module) > > The PyQt README says to first run python configure.py. > I get this: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] PyQt-x11-gpl-3.13]# python configure.py > Traceback (most recent call last): > File "configure.py", line 31, in ? > import sipconfig > ImportError: No module named sipconfig > > The locate db is up to date, and there is no sipconfig > anywhere in the file system. > > 5. Install eric3 > > Not there yet. > > I would appreciate your thoughts on what I should try > next.
If your distro includes SIP then it will also include a compatible version of PyQt. Your problem is trying to use the latest PyQt with a very ancient version of SIP. I would recommend removing your SIP RPM and building SIP v4.1.1. Then build PyQt again (from a clean install). Phil _______________________________________________ PyKDE mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mats.imk.fraunhofer.de/mailman/listinfo/pykde
