run.py crashed with ImportError in /usr/share/subdownloader/gui/main.py: No module named PyQt4

[artemioestrella]

when I open subdownloader it crashed

ProblemType: Crash
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: subdownloader 2.0.14-1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-10.16-generic 3.0.4
Uname: Linux 3.0.0-10-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia wl
ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu1
Architecture: amd64
Date: Fri Sep 16 21:11:42 2011
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
ExecutablePath: /usr/share/subdownloader/run.py
InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release amd64 (20110427)
InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python2.7
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcCmdline: python /usr/bin/subdownloader
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_US:en
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
PythonArgs: ['/usr/bin/subdownloader']
SourcePackage: subdownloader
Title: run.py crashed with ImportError in /usr/share/subdownloader/gui/main.py: No module named PyQt4
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-09-11 (5 days ago)
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[Joris de Haes (jorisdehaes)]

Subdownloader depends upon the package python-qt4, but that is only given as recommendation. I guess this should be changed by the packager.

[Felix Geyer (debfx)]

I agree with the Debian maintainer that using the cli is a valid usecase that doesn't require python-qt4.
Arguably subdownloader should fail more gracefully with a hint on what to do when python-qt4 is not installed.

[Emilien Klein (emilien-klein)]

Same discussion happened in the Debian bug tracker: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=639003
I'll look into creating -gui and -cli packages after the freeze and release of the newest Debian version. This should trickle down into Ubuntu in time.

[Mattia Rizzolo (mapreri)]

As the new maintainer of subdownloader, I'm closing this as wontfix.

For a nicer gui behaviour when pyqt is missing, see the upstream report at https://github.com/subdownloader/subdownloader/issues/35