qgis @1.6.0: ImportError: No module named sipconfig

[barthelemy@…]

Installing qgis fails, because installing fcgi fails:

sudo port install qgis
Portfile changed since last build; discarding previous state.
--->  Computing dependencies for qgis
--->  Dependencies to be installed: fcgi
--->  Fetching fcgi
--->  Attempting to fetch fcgi-2.4.0.tar.gz from http://lil.fr.distfiles.macports.org/fcgi
--->  Verifying checksum(s) for fcgi
--->  Extracting fcgi
--->  Applying patches to fcgi
--->  Configuring fcgi
Error: Target org.macports.configure returned: autoreconf failure: shell command failed (see log for details)
Error: Failed to install fcgi
Log for fcgi is at: /opt/local/var/macports/logs/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_ports_www_fcgi/main.log
Error: The following dependencies were not installed: fcgi
Error: Status 1 encountered during processing.
To report a bug, see <http://guide.macports.org/#project.tickets>

The log for fcgi says:

:debug:configure Environment: CPATH='/opt/local/include' CC_PRINT_OPTIONS_FILE='/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_ports_www_fcgi/work/.CC_PRINT_OPTIONS' LIBRARY_PATH='/opt/local/lib' CC_PRINT_OPTIONS='YES' MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET='10.6'
:debug:configure Assembled command: 'cd "/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_ports_www_fcgi/work/fcgi-2.4.0" && autoreconf --install -fvi'
:info:configure sh: /opt/local/bin/autoreconf: /opt/local/bin/perl: bad interpreter: No such file or directory
:info:configure shell command " cd "/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_ports_www_fcgi/work/fcgi-2.4.0" && autoreconf --install -fvi " returned error 126

However, installing fcgi directly works.

Then, installing qgis again fails again:

sudo port install qgis
Password:
--->  Computing dependencies for qgis
--->  Fetching qgis
--->  Verifying checksum(s) for qgis
--->  Extracting qgis
--->  Applying patches to qgis
--->  Configuring qgis
Error: Target org.macports.configure returned: configure failure: shell command failed (see log for details)
Log for qgis is at: /opt/local/var/macports/logs/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_ports_gis_qgis/main.log
Error: Status 1 encountered during processing.
To report a bug, see <http://guide.macports.org/#project.tickets>

:info:configure Traceback (most recent call last):
:info:configure   File "/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_ports_gis_qgis/work/qgis-1.6.0/cmake/FindSIP.py", line 8, in <modu
le>
:info:configure     import sipconfig
:info:configure ImportError: No module named sipconfig
:info:configure CMake Error at cmake/FindSIP.cmake:54 (MESSAGE):
:info:configure   Could not find SIP
:info:configure Call Stack (most recent call first)::info:configure   CMakeLists.txt:399 (FIND_PACKAGE):info:configure :info:configure :info:configure -- Configuring incomplete, errors occurred!:info:configure shell command " cd "/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_ports_gis_qgis/work/qgis-1.6.0/build" && cmake .. -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/opt/local -DCMAKE_VERBOSE_MAKEFILE=ON -DCMAKE_COLOR_MAKEFILE=ON -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DCMAKE_BUILD_WITH_INSTALL_RPATH=ON -DCMAKE_INSTALL_NAME_DIR=/opt/local/lib -DCMAKE_SYSTEM_PREFIX_PATH="/opt/local;/usr" -DCMAKE_MODULE_PATH=/opt/local/share/cmake/modules -Wno-dev -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=/usr/bin/g++-4.2 -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER=/usr/bin/gcc-4.2 -DEXPAT_INCLUDE_DIR=/opt/local/include -DEXPAT_LIBRARY=/opt/local/lib/libexpat.dylib -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/Applications/MacPorts -DGDAL_CONFIG=/opt/local/bin/gdal-config -DGDAL_INCLUDE_DIR=/opt/local/include -DGDAL_LIBRARY=/opt/local/lib/libgdal.dylib -DGEOS_CONFIG=/opt/local/bin/geos-config -DGEOS_INCLUDE_DIR=/opt/local/include -DGEOS_LIBRARY=/opt/local/lib/libgeos_c.dylib -DGEOS_LIB_NAME_WITH_PREFIX=-lgeos_c -DGSL_CONFIG=/opt/local/bin/gsl-config -DICONV_INCLUDE_DIR=/opt/local/include -DICONV_LIBRARY=/opt/local/lib/libi
conv.dylib -DPROJ_INCLUDE_DIR=/opt/local/include -DPROJ_LIBRARY=/opt/local/lib/libproj.dylib -DOPENSSL_INCLUDE_DIR=/opt/local/include -DOPENSSL_LIBRARIES=/opt/local/lib/libssl.dyl
ib -DPYTHON_INCLUDE_PATH=/opt/local/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Headers -DPYTHON_EXECUTABLE=/opt/local/bin/python -DPYUIC4_PROGRAM=/opt/local/bin/pyuic4-2.6 -DPYRCC4_PROGR
AM=/opt/local/bin/pyrcc4-2.6 -DSIP_BINARY_PATH=/opt/local/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.6/bin/sip -DSIP_INCLUDE_DIR=/opt/local/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework
/Headers -DQT_QT_INCLUDE_DIR=/opt/local/include  -DQT_ZLIB_LIBRARY=/opt/local/lib/libz.dylib  -DQT_PNG_LIBRARY=/opt/local/lib/libpng.dylib -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DSVN_MARKER=
/usr/bin/svnversion -DCMAKE_OSX_ARCHITECTURES="x86_64" " returned error 1
:error:configure Target org.macports.configure returned: configure failure: shell command failed (see log for details)
:debug:configure Backtrace: configure failure: shell command failed (see log for details)
    while executing
"$procedure $targetname"
:info:configure Warning: the following items did not execute (for qgis): org.macports.activate org.macports.configure org.macports.build org.macports.destroot org.macports.install
:notice:configure Log for qgis is at: /opt/local/var/macports/logs/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_ports_gis_qgis/main.log

Which is strange as 1) FindSIP.py seems to use python 2.6 and 2) py26-sip @4.12.1_0 is installed on my system.

I'm using Mac OS 10.6.6 and Xcode 3.2.5.

[Veence (Vincent)]

What is the output of python -V?

[barthelemy@…]

@vince:

$ sudo python -V
Python 2.6.1

[Veence (Vincent)]

And if you import sipconfig manually ?

python
>>> import sipconfig

what is the result?

[barthelemy@…]

sipconfig is available to macport's python but not to mac os version.

$ sudo python
Python 2.6.1 (r261:67515, Jun 24 2010, 21:47:49) 
[GCC 4.2.1 (Apple Inc. build 5646)] on darwin
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> import sipconfig
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
ImportError: No module named sipconfig

$ sudo which python
/opt/local/bin/python

$ ls -l /opt/local/bin/python
lrwxr-xr-x  1 root  admin    18B  2 jui  2010 /opt/local/bin/python -> /usr/bin/python2.6

$ sudo /opt/local/bin/python2.6
Python 2.6.6 (r266:84292, Dec 24 2010, 09:40:51) 
[GCC 4.2.1 (Apple Inc. build 5664)] on darwin
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> import sipconfig
>>>

Should I run sudo python_select python26? Or should qgis explicitly call macport's version?

When I use python, I either call directly python26 or put alias python='python2.6' in my bashrc. I never messed with python_select.

[Veence (Vincent)]

{{{$ ls -l /opt/local/bin/python lrwxr-xr-x 1 root admin 18B 2 jui 2010 /opt/local/bin/python -> /usr/bin/python2.6 }}}

This is plain wrong. It means that one of your python has somehow been installed not in the Macports tree, but in the system tree. As you see, when you invoke python via python you get another version that when you type /opt/local/bin/python2.6. Besides, there is no need to use sudo to launch executables; on the contrary, it defeats the superuser protection mechanism. You must clean that before going on.

[barthelemy@…]

Hi,

vince said:

This is plain wrong. It means that one of your python has somehow been installed not in the Macports tree, but in the system tree.

I think this is the one installed by Apple, together with mac os. Don't you have the same? If not, can you detail why it is wrong?

$ cat /opt/local/etc/select/python/python26-apple 
/usr/bin/python2.6
/usr/bin/pythonw2.6
/usr/bin/python2.6-config
-
/usr/bin/pydoc2.6
/usr/bin/smtpd2.6.py
-
/usr/share/man/man1/python2.6.1.gz

I don't know what this file is, and what its content means. But it might suggest that the /usr/bin/python2.6 is indeed from Apple.

vince said::

As you see, when you invoke python via python you get another version that when you type /opt/local/bin/python2.6.

What's wrong with that? Moreover, I also have python 2.7 and 3.2 installed (from macport).

vince said:

Besides, there is no need to use sudo to launch executables; on the contrary, it defeats the superuser protection mechanism.

The problem is not with the version of python my user uses, but with the one port uses during qgis setup. As I run port through sudo, I think I need to use sudo here to get meaningful information.

By the way, because of my bashrc plays, I would not be the same version:

$ python
Python 2.6.6 (r266:84292, Dec 24 2010, 09:40:51) 
[GCC 4.2.1 (Apple Inc. build 5664)] on darwin
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> 
$ sudo python
Python 2.6.1 (r261:67515, Jun 24 2010, 21:47:49) 
[GCC 4.2.1 (Apple Inc. build 5646)] on darwin
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>>

vince said:

You must clean that before going on.

I don't think there is anything wrong with my current setup. So I don't know what and how I should clean.

Do you have a link to some documentation about the clean way?

By the way, thank you a lot for your help.

PS: there is also the problem with the fcgi dependency

[Veence (Vincent)]

You right, python 2.6.1 is the Apple one. It has probably been installed by an update (Basic SL comes with 2.5 only, if I remember) What is wrong is that /opt/local/bin/python should not be pointing to /usr/bin/python , but /opt/local/bin/python2.6 . Try using python_select python2.6 , it should clean up and give you a correct configuration.

[barthelemy@…]

Replying to vince@…:

What is wrong is that /opt/local/bin/python should not be pointing to /usr/bin/python , but /opt/local/bin/python2.6 . Try using python_select python2.6 , it should clean up and give you a correct configuration.

I think this would be a workaround, but not a solution.

Have you some authoritative documentation supporting that my current setup is wrong or incorrect? (I could not find any).

My current setup is python_select's default so I doubt it is wrong.

Moreover, the point of python_select is to choose the current, system-wide python version. I may prefer or need python32 or python25, and qgis would then fail again.

I think the problem lies within qgis which should 1) build-depend on py26-sip (why is not sip a dependency?) 2) call the good python version without relying on users' tastes

Does it sound ok to you?

[Veence (Vincent)]

I propose you ask the people responsible for python ports about your configuration. Just post a mail to macports-dev@… and ask if this is right or wrong. I'll follow the thread and act accordingly. Cheers Vincent

[barthelemy@…]

Replying to vince@…:

I propose you ask the people responsible for python ports about your configuration. Just post a mail to macports-dev@… and ask if this is right or wrong.

For future reference, the thread is: ​http://lists.macosforge.org/pipermail/macports-dev/2011-March/014070.html

regards

[Veence (Vincent)]

I have committed r76805 that features several enhancements, especially Python related ones. You should now specify a +pythonXX option (25, 26, 27, 30, 31) and it builds against the specified version rather than the default. I have also bumped qwt to 5.2.

Some tweaks are to be made, but please update, test and tell me.

[barthelemy@…]

Replying to vince@…:

but please update, test and tell me.

I tested with python27. It worked, thank you!

I then uninstalled qgis and its dependencies to reproduce the fcgi-related problem. I could not reproduce it, it worked again!

I also finally understood that py27-sip was a dependency of py27-pyqt4.

So I do not have any concern anymore. Thank you again.

[Veence (Vincent)]

No problem, my pleasure. Have fun, à la prochaine !