[PyQt] Updated Windows GPL Installer Snapshot

Phil Thompson phil at riverbankcomputing.com
Mon Oct 27 13:25:39 GMT 2008


On Mon, 27 Oct 2008 08:33:42 -0400, Doug Bell <dougb at bellz.org> wrote:
> Phil Thompson wrote:
>> On Mon, 27 Oct 2008 07:04:29 -0400, Doug Bell <dougb at bellz.org> wrote:
>> > Phil Thompson wrote:
>> >> I've updated the snapshot of the Windows installer for Python v2.6.
>> >> 
>> >> I'd be interested in feedback from those who have Python installed in
>> >> a
>> >> non-standard directory and/or non-administrator installs.
>> > 
>> > I have both, of course.  The installer ran without reporting any
errors
>> > or warnings, but PyQt isn't working:
>> > 
>> > Traceback (most recent call last):
>> >   File "treeline.py", line 33, in <module>
>> >     from PyQt4 import QtCore, QtGui
>> > ImportError: DLL load failed: This application has failed to start
>> > because the
>> > application configuration is incorrect. Reinstalling the application
>> > may
>> > fix this problem.
>> 
>> That's probably a PATH problem. How does the installer update your PATH?
> 
> It seems to have been added correctly.
> "C:\Source\Python26\Lib\site-packages\PyQt" was added.

I assume you mean "PyQt4", not "PyQt".

>> If you fix your PATH manually (it needs to contain the directory with
the
>> Qt DLLs) does that work?
> 
> No.
> 
> I thought it might have been a conflict with my Python 2.5 installation,
> but removing it and rebooting before installing the Python 2.6 version
> didn't work either.

Do you have another copy of Qt installed somewhere?

Phil


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