[Qgis-user] SIP problem on startup

[Noli Sicad]

John,

Try to disable other qgis source aside from the trunk source, and see
what are the packages available.

Some of your installed packages needed python-qgis working are
mismatched with the your install qgis (i.e qgis trunk) right now.

Noli



On 2/17/11, John <washakie at gmail.com> wrote:
> Ah, okay... done. Now the SIP problem returns :/
>
> Couldn't load PyQGIS.
> Python support will be disabled.
>
>
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "", line 1, in
> RuntimeError: the sip module implements API v8.0 but the qgis.core
> module requires API v7.1
>
>
> Python version:
> 2.6.6 (r266:84292, Sep 15 2010, 16:41:53)
> [GCC 4.4.5]
>
> QGIS version:
> 1.7.0-Trunk 'Trunk', 15175M
>
>
> it seems I need to 'downgrade' my SIP module, or could a patch be
> included in the nightly build to lessen the restriction? It seems a
> check is being done to confirm that the SIP module is v7.1, is it
> necessary that it can be set to be "at least" 7.1?
>
> --john
>
>
>
>
> On Thu, Feb 17, 2011 at 10:08 AM, Noli Sicad <nsicad at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hi John,
>>
>> You have to install python-qgis, then you will have "Fetch Python
>> Plugin" in Plugin Menubar as first menu item.
>>
>> Noli
>>
>> On 2/17/11, John <washakie at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Thanks Noli,
>>>
>>> Yes, Ubuntu 10.10
>>>
>>> Trunk seems to be working for me, at least I don't get the error
>>> message. Is there a way to test though?
>>>
>>> Also, shouldn't I have a menu option: Plugins > Install Plugins? I
>>> only have "Manage Plugins". How do I install new plugins?
>>>
>>> Sorry for my ignorance,
>>> john
>>>
>>> On Thu, Feb 17, 2011 at 1:05 AM, Noli Sicad <nsicad at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> John,
>>>>
>>>> I guess this is in Linux i.e. Ubuntu.
>>>>
>>>> The sip module is new and not compatible with qgis.
>>>>
>>>> This is the same problem with this posting below.
>>>>
>>>> http://www.mail-archive.com/qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org/msg08737.html
>>>>
>>>> Noli
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 2/17/11, John <washakie at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>> Apologies if this is a double post, but I had some problems with my
>>>>> initial list subscription.
>>>>> Hello, I'm trying to run QGIS, but I get the following error on start
>>>>> up:
>>>>>
>>>>> Couldn't load PyQGIS.
>>>>> Python support will be disabled.
>>>>>
>>>>> Traceback (most recent call last):
>>>>>  File "", line 1, in
>>>>> RuntimeError: the sip module implements API v8.0 but the qgis.core
>>>>> module requires API v7.1
>>>>>
>>>>> Seems rather critical to have Python support.
>>>>>
>>>>> Does anyone have any ideas?
>>>>>
>>>>> Regards,
>>>>> john
>>>>>
>>>>> --
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>>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Configuration
>>> ``````````````````````````
>>> Plone 2.5.3-final,
>>> CMF-1.6.4,
>>> Zope (Zope 2.9.7-final, python 2.4.4, linux2),
>>> Python 2.6
>>> PIL 1.1.6
>>> Mailman 2.1.9
>>> Postfix 2.4.5
>>> Procmail v3.22 2001/09/10
>>> Basemap: 1.0
>>> Matplotlib: 1.0.0
>>>
>>
>
>
>
> --
> Configuration
> ``````````````````````````
> Plone 2.5.3-final,
> CMF-1.6.4,
> Zope (Zope 2.9.7-final, python 2.4.4, linux2),
> Python 2.6
> PIL 1.1.6
> Mailman 2.1.9
> Postfix 2.4.5
> Procmail v3.22 2001/09/10
> Basemap: 1.0
> Matplotlib: 1.0.0
>