John, Try to disable other qgis source aside from the trunk source, and see what are the packages available.
Some of your installed packages needed python-qgis working are mismatched with the your install qgis (i.e qgis trunk) right now. Noli On 2/17/11, John <[email protected]> wrote: > Ah, okay... done. Now the SIP problem returns :/ > > Couldn't load PyQGIS. > Python support will be disabled. > > > Traceback (most recent call last): > File "", line 1, in > RuntimeError: the sip module implements API v8.0 but the qgis.core > module requires API v7.1 > > > Python version: > 2.6.6 (r266:84292, Sep 15 2010, 16:41:53) > [GCC 4.4.5] > > QGIS version: > 1.7.0-Trunk 'Trunk', 15175M > > > it seems I need to 'downgrade' my SIP module, or could a patch be > included in the nightly build to lessen the restriction? It seems a > check is being done to confirm that the SIP module is v7.1, is it > necessary that it can be set to be "at least" 7.1? > > --john > > > > > On Thu, Feb 17, 2011 at 10:08 AM, Noli Sicad <[email protected]> wrote: >> Hi John, >> >> You have to install python-qgis, then you will have "Fetch Python >> Plugin" in Plugin Menubar as first menu item. >> >> Noli >> >> On 2/17/11, John <[email protected]> wrote: >>> Thanks Noli, >>> >>> Yes, Ubuntu 10.10 >>> >>> Trunk seems to be working for me, at least I don't get the error >>> message. Is there a way to test though? >>> >>> Also, shouldn't I have a menu option: Plugins > Install Plugins? I >>> only have "Manage Plugins". How do I install new plugins? >>> >>> Sorry for my ignorance, >>> john >>> >>> On Thu, Feb 17, 2011 at 1:05 AM, Noli Sicad <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> John, >>>> >>>> I guess this is in Linux i.e. Ubuntu. >>>> >>>> The sip module is new and not compatible with qgis. >>>> >>>> This is the same problem with this posting below. >>>> >>>> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg08737.html >>>> >>>> Noli >>>> >>>> >>>> On 2/17/11, John <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> Apologies if this is a double post, but I had some problems with my >>>>> initial list subscription. >>>>> Hello, I'm trying to run QGIS, but I get the following error on start >>>>> up: >>>>> >>>>> Couldn't load PyQGIS. >>>>> Python support will be disabled. >>>>> >>>>> Traceback (most recent call last): >>>>> File "", line 1, in >>>>> RuntimeError: the sip module implements API v8.0 but the qgis.core >>>>> module requires API v7.1 >>>>> >>>>> Seems rather critical to have Python support. >>>>> >>>>> Does anyone have any ideas? >>>>> >>>>> Regards, >>>>> john >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> Qgis-user mailing list >>>>> [email protected] >>>>> http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user >>>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Configuration >>> `````````````````````````` >>> Plone 2.5.3-final, >>> CMF-1.6.4, >>> Zope (Zope 2.9.7-final, python 2.4.4, linux2), >>> Python 2.6 >>> PIL 1.1.6 >>> Mailman 2.1.9 >>> Postfix 2.4.5 >>> Procmail v3.22 2001/09/10 >>> Basemap: 1.0 >>> Matplotlib: 1.0.0 >>> >> > > > > -- > Configuration > `````````````````````````` > Plone 2.5.3-final, > CMF-1.6.4, > Zope (Zope 2.9.7-final, python 2.4.4, linux2), > Python 2.6 > PIL 1.1.6 > Mailman 2.1.9 > Postfix 2.4.5 > Procmail v3.22 2001/09/10 > Basemap: 1.0 > Matplotlib: 1.0.0 > _______________________________________________ Qgis-user mailing list [email protected] http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user
