On Sunday, November 8, 2015 at 11:22:30 AM UTC-5, Chris Angelico wrote: > On Mon, Nov 9, 2015 at 3:03 AM, Andrew Diamond <adiamond1...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Saturday, November 7, 2015 at 10:13:25 PM UTC-5, Andrew Diamond wrote: > >> Hi! > >> > >> I'm fairly new to Python, and installed pyqt5 and began working through > >> the examples at http://zetcode.com/gui/pyqt5/menustoolbars/ However, > >> whenever I click one of the buttons or menus in the example apps I run > >> that is supposed to quit the application, it locks up. This happens with > >> all the examples I installed that handle code to quit the app. > >> > >> Running Ubuntu 15.10, and installed pyqt5 via: > >> > >> sudo apt-get install python3-pyqt5 > >> sudo apt-get install qtcreator > >> > >> Thank you in advance for any assistance! > > > > I just read somewhere that the issue could be because I was trying to run > > these examples from within Idle. However, when I try to run them from the > > terminal, I run into another snag: > > > > andrew@andrew-Satellite-P755:~/Programming/Python$ python tut8.py > > Traceback (most recent call last): > > File "tut8.py", line 16, in <module> > > from PyQt5.QtWidgets import QMainWindow, QAction, qApp, QApplication > > ImportError: No module named PyQt5.QtWidgets > > > > ...a path issue? > > If you installed "python3-pyqt5", you probably want to run "python3 > tut8.py". There are potentially two completely separate Python > interpreters installed - version 2.7, and the latest available version > 3.x (probably 3.4 or 3.5). You've installed a package for Python 3, > but haven't installed the corresponding Python 2 package, so it won't > run under the Python 2 interpreter. Compare these: > > $ python --version > $ python3 --version > > I suspect that "python3 tut8.py" should work. If it doesn't, post some > more info about your Idle installation; it might give a hint as to > what's going on. > > ChrisA
You were absolutely correct! $ python3 tut8.py ...worked great, thanks!! -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
