[Qgis-user] SIP problem on startup

[John]

Sorry, but do you know what sources those would be? I already removed
the ppa for unstablegis and added a qgis.list in my
/etc/apt/sources.list.d/ directory for the trunk. But I guess you
refer to something such as directly from ubuntu? How can I do that?

--john

On Thu, Feb 17, 2011 at 11:27 AM, Noli Sicad <nsicad at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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
>>
>



-- 
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