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python-qt4 package

QtHelp module isn't built

Bug #692822 reported by croxis
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This bug affects 4 people
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
Kubuntu PPA
Fix Released
Undecided
Unassigned
python-qt4 (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
Undecided
Felix Geyer
Ubuntu natty-alpha-2
Natty
Fix Released
Undecided
Felix Geyer
Ubuntu natty-alpha-2

Bug Description

Binary package hint: eric

Eric 4, in both maverick and natty, refuse to start. When running from terminal the following is outputted:

Warning: translation file 'qt_en_US'could not be loaded.
Using default.
Warning: translation file 'eric4_en_US'could not be loaded.
Using default.
Warning: translation file 'qscintilla_en_US'could not be loaded.
Using default.
An unhandled exception occurred. Please report the problem
using the error reporting dialog or via email to <email address hidden>.
A log has been written to "/home/croxis/.eric4/eric4_error.log".

Error information:
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2010-12-20, 17:44:28
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<type 'exceptions.ImportError'>:
No module named QtHelp
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  File "/usr/share/eric/modules/eric4.py", line 282, in <module>
    main()
  File "/usr/share/eric/modules/eric4.py", line 259, in main
    from UI.UserInterface import UserInterface
  File "/usr/share/eric/modules/UI/UserInterface.py", line 38, in <module>
    from Helpviewer.HelpWindow import HelpWindow
  File "/usr/share/eric/modules/Helpviewer/HelpWindow.py", line 15, in <module>
    from PyQt4.QtHelp import QHelpEngine, QHelpEngineCore, QHelpSearchQuery

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Version Numbers:
  Python 2.7.1+
  Qt 4.7.1
  PyQt4 4.8.1
  sip 4.11.2
  QScintilla 2.4.5
  eric4 4.4.9 (r3848)

Platform: linux2
2.7.1+ (r271:86832, Dec 14 2010, 19:41:23)
[GCC 4.5.2]
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Distribution Info:
  /etc/lsb-release
  DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
  DISTRIB_RELEASE=11.04
  DISTRIB_CODENAME=natty
  DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu natty (development branch)"

Tags: kubuntu

Related branches

lp:ubuntu/natty/python-qt4
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ccaaatt (ccaaatt) wrote :

At natty, there are /usr/share/sip/PyQt4/QtHelp/*.sip

BUT "ls /usr/lib/pyshared/python2.6/PyQt4/QtHelp.so"? No such file or directory!

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Hans Joachim Desserud (hjd) wrote :

Confirmed in Natty with eric 4.4.9-1 .

Changed in eric (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
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ccaaatt (ccaaatt) wrote :

At natty, python, 2.6 or 2.7, it's a problem

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Florian Reinhard (freinhard) wrote :

doesn't work either on ubuntu 10.10 with python 2.6.6

Jonathan Riddell (jr)
affects: eric (Ubuntu) → python-qt4 (Ubuntu)
Changed in python-qt4 (Ubuntu):
status: Confirmed → Fix Released
milestone: none → natty-alpha-2
tags: added: kubuntu
Felix Geyer (debfx)
Changed in python-qt4 (Ubuntu):
assignee: nobody → Felix Geyer (debfx)
status: Fix Released → In Progress
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Felix Geyer (debfx) wrote :

Confirmed for natty, but I can't reproduce this on maverick.
eric starts just fine.

summary: - Eric fails to start: No module named QtHelp
+ QtHelp module isn't built
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Florian Reinhard (freinhard) wrote :

on maverick i have python-qt4 from the kubuntu-ppa beta backports repository, which ships the same bug.
on natty i just upgraded to 4.8.1-0ubuntu4 which didn't fix this issue.

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package python-qt4 - 4.8.3-0ubuntu1

---------------
python-qt4 (4.8.3-0ubuntu1) natty; urgency=low

  * New upstream release.
  * Bump build dependency on sip to 4.12.1.
  * Add "--verbose" to common configure options.
  * Add fix_qthelp_ftbfs.diff to fix QtHelp FTBFS with ld --no-add-needed.
    (LP: #692822)
  * Drop patches that are applied upstream:
    - kubuntu_01_fix_uic.diff
    - kubuntu_03_uiparser.diff
    - qreal_float_support.diff
  * Adapt debian_configure_changes.diff to new upstream version.
 -- Felix Geyer <email address hidden> Wed, 26 Jan 2011 23:47:25 +0100

Changed in python-qt4 (Ubuntu Natty):
status: In Progress → Fix Released
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Felix Geyer (debfx) wrote :

Uploaded the fix to the backports ppa.

Changed in kubuntu-ppa:
status: New → Fix Released
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Gustavo A. Díaz (gdiaz) wrote :

Thanks for the PPA fix!

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ken brockman (krush1954) wrote :

I have been trying for weeks to load eric5, I have loaded qt4 5-6 times. I have loaded qt-SDK. I have stuffed over 1.5 gig of qt onto my HD and still, ever time i try to load eric5 i get the msg, QtHelp not found. I have goggled the problem and found people with the same issue using apple os, windoz and linux... I have 2 versions of python, 2.7 and 3.2. I have tried every suggestion that i have found all to no avasil. is there anyone, anywhere who can help me with this issue??????
Ubuntu 11.10..

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Scott Kitterman (kitterman) wrote :

The QtHelp module is provided in python-qt4 for 11.10, so whatever your problem is, it's not this bug (which has been fixed already).

./usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/PyQt4/QtHelp.so

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