[Python-modules-team] Bug#895718: python-pyqt5: import PyQt5.QtCore fails

[Dmitry Shachnev]

Control: tags -1 unreproducible

On Sun, Apr 15, 2018 at 12:59:12AM -0400, Scott Kitterman wrote:
> Tried this on sid with both pyqt5 5.9.2 and 5.10.1:
>
> Unpacking python-pyqt5 (5.10.1+dfsg-1) over (5.9.2+dfsg-1+b1) ...
> Setting up python-pyqt5 (5.10.1+dfsg-1) ...
> # python
> Python 2.7.14+ (default, Apr  2 2018, 04:16:25)
> [GCC 7.3.0] on linux2
> Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
> >>> import PyQt5.QtCore
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
> ImportError: libQt5Core.so.5: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

Works for me in a clean sid chroot.

Can it be that you had a PyQt5 installation from PyPI which would conflict
with the distro package?

If not, please check strace output and look which libQt5Core.so.5 it tries
to load.

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Dmitry Shachnev
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