Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] Can't find PyQt4.Qwt5

[Chris Hallinan]

On Mon, Feb 9, 2015 at 8:53 AM, Tom Rondeau <address@hidden> wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 9, 2015 at 8:34 AM, Philip Balister <address@hidden> wrote:
>>
>> On 02/09/2015 05:08 AM, Chris Hallinan wrote:
>> > I'm making much more progress on my embedded x86_64 gnuradio project.
>> > I am now able to build and run my grc-created python app, but I get
>> > this error.  I'm using some counter/sliders from Qwt (Qt GUI Range
>> > block) to be able to change some values interactively.  However, I
>> > don't seem to have PyQt4.Qwt5, and furthermore, I can't seem to figure
>> > out how to build/install it.  I have found the source, of course,
>> > (sourceforge) but not any openembedded recipes for it.  Furthermore,
>> > it seems to be part of the PyQt4 package, and I don't see any
>> > reference to a Qwt module within the python-pyqt package.
>> >
>> > # ./my_gui.py
>> >
>> > Traceback (most recent call last):
>> >   File "./my_gui.py", line 30, in <module>
>> >     import PyQt4.Qwt5 as Qwt
>> >
>> > ImportError: No module named Qwt5
>> >
>> > Thanks in advance for any advice.
>>
>> Make a recipe for PyQwt. Sadly this isn't easy.
>>
>> The PyQt4 recipe in dizzy isn't 100%, but the one in master should be.
>>
>> There is also a long term support issue with PyQwt and qt5, so it sounds
>> like we need to figure out how to replace Qwt eventually. Tom R. knows
>> the details.
>>
>> Philip
>
>
> PyQWT has refused to move to QWT6, so it's still stuck on QWT5's API. The
> good thing is that this actually interacts fine with QWT6 for what little we
> use PyQWT for, but the installation process for PyQWT is awkward (at best,
> most would say awful). We have this issue in OE and OS X macports right now.
>
> We're talking about how to remove the dependency and replace it with
> something more usable and less likely to fall apart.


Then I think my best option is to find a way to not use it. ;)
I did start hacking on a PyQwt recipe in the early morning hours, and
realized I was in over my head!

Thanks,

Chris

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