Can't install python-qt3 with ppa:kubuntu-ppa/beta in the sources list for APT

[Vítor E. Silva Souza]

Binary package hint: python-qt3

If I try to install package python-qt3, I get a unmet dependencies problem. I know I'm using a PPA repository and that it is not guaranteed to work as the stable version, nonetheless I wanted to report this here. Maybe the solution is not very complicated and can be fixed before the 10.04 release.

Below I send the results of related commands at the terminal. I will also attach my sources.list.

$ sudo apt-get install python-qt3
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
or been moved out of Incoming.
The following information may help to resolve the situation:

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
  python-qt3: Depends: python-sip4 (<= 4.10) but 4.10.0-0ubuntu1~karmic1~ppa1 is to be installed
E: Broken packages

$ lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 9.10
Release: 9.10

$ apt-cache policy python-qt3
python-qt3:
  Installed: (none)
  Candidate: 3.18.1-1ubuntu1
  Version table:
     3.18.1-1ubuntu1 0
        500 http://it.archive.ubuntu.com karmic/main Packages

$ apt-cache policy python-sip4
python-sip4:
  Installed: 4.10.0-0ubuntu1~karmic1~ppa1
  Candidate: 4.10.0-0ubuntu1~karmic1~ppa1
  Version table:
 *** 4.10.0-0ubuntu1~karmic1~ppa1 0
        500 http://ppa.launchpad.net karmic/main Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     4.9.1-snapshot-20091015-0ubuntu1 0
        500 http://it.archive.ubuntu.com karmic/main Packages

[Vítor E. Silva Souza (vitorsouza)]

After today's dist-upgrade with the new KDE 4.4 packages, the problem persists (with new version numbers).

$ sudo apt-get install python-qt3
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
or been moved out of Incoming.
The following information may help to resolve the situation:

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
  python-qt3: Depends: python-sip4 (<= 4.10) but 4.10.0-2ubuntu2~karmic1~ppa2 is to be installed

$ apt-cache policy python-qt3
python-qt3:
  Installed: (none)
  Candidate: 3.18.1-1ubuntu1
  Version table:
     3.18.1-1ubuntu1 0
        500 http://it.archive.ubuntu.com karmic/main Packages

$ apt-cache policy python-sip4
python-sip4:
  Installed: 4.10.0-2ubuntu2~karmic1~ppa2
  Candidate: 4.10.0-2ubuntu2~karmic1~ppa2
  Version table:
 *** 4.10.0-2ubuntu2~karmic1~ppa2 0
        500 http://ppa.launchpad.net karmic/main Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     4.10.0-0ubuntu1~karmic1~ppa1 0
        500 http://ppa.launchpad.net karmic/main Packages
     4.9.1-snapshot-20091015-0ubuntu1 0
        500 http://it.archive.ubuntu.com karmic/main Packages

[Torge (tdellert)]

I have the same problem installing python-qt3:

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
  python-qt3: Depends: python-sip4 (<= 4.10) aber 4.10.1-0ubuntu1~karmic1~ppa1 is to be installed
E: Broken packages

Is there some way to install python-qt3?
It's also needed by the package 'mnemosyne'.

[Ralph Janke (txwikinger)]

There have been many changes in Ubuntu since that time this issue has been reported and the problem may have been fixed with some of the updates. It would help us a lot if you could test the current Ubuntu version (10.04). If you can test it, and it is still an issue, we would appreciate if you could upload updated logs by running "apport-collect 519751", and any other logs that are relevant for this particular issue.

[Alessandro Ghersi (alessandro-ghersi)]

If it's still an issue with KDE SC 4.5.1 from Kubuntu backport please open a new bug.