[Qgis-user] SIP problem on startup

[John]

Thanks, I do have the kubuntu backports ppa added to my sources list
(I use dolphin), but now I've commented it out. However, how to I
'roll back' all the KDE stuff?

Thanks,
john

On Thu, Feb 17, 2011 at 10:29 PM, Alex Mandel
<tech_dev at wildintellect.com> wrote:
> The Ubuntugis PPA should work but is known to conflict with Kubuntu
> Backports and other KDE 4.6(?) related libs. If you've upgraded any KDE
> based apps with kubuntu backports that likely brought in too new a
> version of SIP. The only options are to, 1 - roll back all KDE stuff
> that uses the newer SIP or 2 build QGIS from Trunk using ccmake to
> select the versions of various libs that are known to work.
>
> What other sources do you have beside the default Ubuntu and the
> Ubuntugis PPA?
>
> Thanks,
> Alex
>
> On 02/17/2011 03:19 AM, John wrote:
>> 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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>>>>>>
>>>>
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