On Tue, 25 Jun 2013 20:16:35 +0530, Shriramana Sharma <samj...@gmail.com> wrote: > I'm trying to build PyQt5 for Py3 on Kubuntu Raring. However I got the > error that Sip was not found: > > This is the GPL version of PyQt 5.0 (licensed under the GNU General Public > License) for Python 3.3.1 on linux. > ... > Found the license file pyqt-gpl.sip. > Error: Make sure you have a working sip on your PATH or use the --sip > argument > to explicitly specify a working sip. > > Then I went and installed the python3-sip-dev package which is > supposed to "contains the code generator tool and the development > headers needed to develop Python 3 bindings with sip" (from the > package description) but even then I get the same error. > > Comparing the Python2 Sip package filelist: > http://packages.ubuntu.com/raring/amd64/python-sip-dev/filelist with > the Python3 Sip package filelist > http://packages.ubuntu.com/raring/amd64/python3-sip-dev/filelist, I > note that there is a /usr/bin/sip in the python-sip-dev package but no > similar file in the python3-sip-dev package. Is this then a packaging > error and should I report it as such? (Even the upstream Debian Sid > packages have the same situation.) Or is Sip the same for both Py2 and > Py3 in which case I should install python-sip-dev even for Py3?
The code generator is the same for all Python versions. Phil _______________________________________________ PyQt mailing list PyQt@riverbankcomputing.com http://www.riverbankcomputing.com/mailman/listinfo/pyqt
