[PyQt] Updated Windows GPL Installer Snapshot

Doug Bell dougb at bellz.org
Mon Oct 27 14:07:22 GMT 2008


Phil Thompson wrote:
> 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".

Yes.

> >> 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?

No.  I also searched all other directories on my path and didn't find
any stray Qt DLLs.

Doug.


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