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gruszczy
Asked: 2011-04-19 13:46:47 +0800 CST

Installing PyQt4 for Python3

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I am trying to get my code running using Python3 and PyQt4. When I do this:

gruszczy@gruszczy-laptop:~/Programy/fathom/tools$ python3.1 fathomqt.py 
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "fathomqt.py", line 5, in <module>
    from PyQt4.QtCore import (QFileSystemModel, QDir, SIGNAL, Qt)
ImportError: /usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/sip.so: undefined symbol: PyUnicodeUCS4_CompareWithASCIIString

I have installed Sip and PyQt4 by hand in both /usr/lib/python3/dist-utils and /usr/lib/python3.1/dist-packages, but neither helped.

I have libpython3.1 as well as python3.1-dev and both packages for 3.2 either. What am I missing?

I am using Natty beta, but I don't believe this is a problem, since it's now quite stable on my machine.

11.04

1 Answers

  1. Check out this bug.

    Basically, you will need to compile pyqt yourself because using running the packaged pyqt with python 3 is not supported yet, not even in Ubuntu 11.04 (Natty).

    Python 3 support for Gnome and KDE is a priority for Ubuntu 11.10 so maybe later this year, it will be working better.

    However, there may be something specifically wrong since you said that you did try installing from source. Perhaps installing the packaged sip might help. Maybe, this email relates to your issue. I think you should open a Ubuntu bug about this.

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