[PyKDE] PyKDE can't find the sip file directory

[Phil Thompson]

On Wednesday 28 January 2004 12:13 pm, Shane Rogers wrote:
> OK, I've been trying to get this thing to build for quite some time now,
> and am just about to get really disgusted with the whole process.  In the
> past, I never really had that much trouble getting PyKDE to compile but now
> for some reason it just isn't cooperating.
>
> I downloaded sip 3.1, PyQt 3.1 and PyKDE 3.8 all from riverbank - the
> latest versions of each.  I compiled sip and PyQt without too much trouble
> and they work just fine.  But PyKDE isn't finding the sip directory in
> /usr/local/ share/sip.
>
> Here is the output:
> 	Building PyKDE 3.8 on linux2.
>
> 	Python version is 2.3
> 	Python parent directory is /usr/lib/python2.3
> 	Python library directory is /usr/lib/python2.3/config
> 	Python include directory is /usr/include/python2.3
>
> 	Home directory is /root
>
> 	sip code generator path (sip) is /usr/local/bin
> 	sip version is 3.1
> 	sip lib directory (libsip*) is /usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages
> 	sip include directory (sipQt.h) is /usr/include/python2.3
>
> 	Qt3 parent directory is /usr/local/lib/qt3
> 	Qt3 lib directory (libqt-mt.so.3) is /usr/local/lib/qt3/lib
> 	Qt3 include directory (qglobal.h) is /usr/local/lib/qt3/include
> 	Qt version is 3.3.0b1
>
> 	PyQt lib directory is /usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages
> 	PyQt lib version is 3.10
>
> 	*** Error: PyQt sip files directory -- not found
> 	 (['/usr/local/share/sip/'], qtmod.sip)
>
> 	Please review the installation documentation before reporting errors
> 	When reporting errors, include the complete output of this program
>
> That is with using the -v /usr/local/share/sip command line option to
> build.py.
>
> Here is what I have done to try and fix the problem.  Jim Bublitz had
> posted a fix that involved making a couple of changes to the discover.py
> script, adding   self.pyQtSip = DiscoverPyQtSip ("qtmod.sip", pyQtSipPath)
> in the appropriate spot and making sure another line is indented correctly.
> Supposedly a new version of PyKDE was going to be released soon to fix
> these issues.  That didn't have any effect on it finding the sip directory.
> I've tried to make symlinks in an attempt to figure out what exact name
> it's looking for in a directory, but nothing is working at all.
>
> I'm at about my wits end.  If anyone has any ideas I'm open to them.  All
> this just so I can use slickbar under superkaramba....

PyKDE 3.8 requires SIP v3.8 and PyQt 3.8 - there are plenty of messages in the 
archive to this effect.

PyQt does not support beta versions of Qt - there are also messages in the 
archive saying this.

Phil