I was finally able to install by using a different internet connection. The pip install command is not very forgiving of momentary pauses in download. It times out way too quickly.
BTW Damon if you want to follow up those Python issues with Fedora the person to contact would be https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Nonamedotc . He is listed as the contact on the package database. I know from past experience he is easy to deal with. Thanks Jim On 29 July 2017 at 12:52, Jim Dean <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks Damon > > I think that identified the problem, the download is timing out. I tried a > number of times and it never got higher than 60% before stopping. I don't > have reliable internet here and these sort of problems can occur. > > I tried a couple of things including turning off powersave on the wifi > connection but still timed out. > > Thanks > Jim > > On 29 July 2017 at 12:28, Damon Lynch <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Then you have some other kind of problem installing the required >> packages. Try this, and see what the output is: >> >> python3 -m pip install --user -vvv PyQt5 >> >> Do not do this from a directory that contains any file that influences >> the operation of pip, such as setup.cfg. >> >> -- >> http://www.damonlynch.net >> > > > > -- > Jim Dean > > Email - [email protected] > > On Google+ <https://plus.google.com/+JimDean> > My YouTube Channel <http://www.youtube.com/user/nkpnsw?feature=mhum> > > My Photo Blog "Cewaticcey" <https://cewatticey.wordpress.com/> > > My tech blog "Techodyssey" <http://ozjd.wordpress.com/> > -- Jim Dean Email - [email protected]
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