Eric4?

[SteveWC]

How should Eric4 be installed on Gutsy Gibbon 7.10, so can program Python programs for Kubuntu?

Can only find Eric3 in Adept Manager, not sure what to use to get correct files.

[Snowhog]

Re: Eric4?

From The Eric Python IDE website:

Current stable version is eric4 based on Qt4. For Qt3 based systems eric3 is still available.

I'm guessing, but if you don't have KDE4 installed, you probably can't install/run Eric4?

eric4 downloads and prerequisits

[Rog131]

Re: Eric4?

Qt Apps.Org
Free Qt Applications

eric4 Qt-Apps.org

Depends on: PyKDE/PyQt

Description:
Eric4 is a Python IDE written using PyQt4 and QScintilla2. It has integrated project management capabilities, it gives you an unlimited number of editors, an integrated Python shell, an integrated debugger, integrated interfaces to Subversion and CVS, an integrated refactoring browser, integrated unittest and much more.

Eric4 is the successor of the well known eric3 development environment.

Using Snowhog's link (eric4 downloads and prerequisits):

Prerequisites

To be able to run eric4 you should have the following installed:

* Python 2.4.0 or better
* Qt 4.2.0 or better (from Trolltech)
* PyQt 4.1.0 or better (from Riverbank)
* QScintilla 2.1 or better (from Riverbank)

Hmm - Kubuntu Gitsy Gibbon (7.10)

Kubuntu 7.10 - Gutsy Gibbon On the Streets

Python 2.5

GutsyGibbon/Tribe1/Kubuntu

For you KDE developers out there, Kubuntu is announcing the latest Qt release, version 4.3.

Ubuntu Packages tells, that Gutsy has:

You have searched for packages that names contain QScintilla in suite(s) gutsy, all sections, and all architectures. Found 3 matching packages.

libqscintilla-dev, libqscintilla-doc, libqscintilla7. version is 1.7.1-1

Hardy Heron (Kubuntu 8.04) has:

Package python-qscintilla2

* hardy (python): Python bindings for QScintilla 2 [universe]
2.1+snapshot20070923-1ubuntu1: amd64 i386 powerpc

Hardy also has eric_4.1.1, but you:

How should Eric4 be installed on Gutsy Gibbon 7.10

Hardy planned release day is April 24th. Topic: Hardy Release Schedule, Plans, Artwork, Release Notes, Screenshots and Upgrading

If you don't want to upgrade then you could backport (or try to ). How to DIY Backport


Example - Backporting Eric 4.

1) Download from Ubuntu Packages
eric_4.1.1-1ubuntu1.diff.gz
eric_4.1.1-1ubuntu1.dsc
eric_4.1.1.orig.tar.gz


2) Automatic Dependency Solving

sudo apt-get build-dep eric

3) Unpacking

dpkg-source -x eric_4.1.1-1ubuntu1.dsc

4) Compiling

cd to the eric-4.1.1 folder

dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot -b -uc

dpkg-checkbuilddeps: Unmet build dependencies: python-all-dev (>= 2.4.4-2) python-qt4-dev (>= 4.3-2) python-qscintilla2

python-all-dev and python-qt4-dev are in the Gutsy repositories. Hardy has the qscintilla2.

Backporting qscintilla2 (look down) !
Installing - Topic: Making Local Repository
libqscintilla2-3 (2.1+snapshot20070923-1ubuntu1)
python-qscintilla2 (2.1+snapshot20070923-1ubuntu1)

Again:

dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot -b -uc

=>

eric_4.1.1-1ubuntu1_all.deb
eric-api-files_4.1.1-1ubuntu1_all.deb

Installing Eric 4, but it tells:

eric:
Depends: python-qt4 (>=4.3.1) but 4.3-2ubuntu7.1 is to be installed

In the /eric-4.1.1/debian/control

Depends: ${pythonepends}, python-qt4 (>= 4.3.1),
bicyclerepair (>= 0.9-4.1), python-qscintilla2

changing =>

Depends: ${pythonepends}, python-qt4 (<= 4.3.1),
bicyclerepair (>= 0.9-4.1), python-qscintilla2

Again:

dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot -b -uc

Installing Eric 4:

Installed the following packages:
bicyclerepair (0.9-4.1ubuntu2)
eric (4.1.1-1ubuntu1)

K > Development > Eric python IDE ...




Backporting qscintilla2

1) Download:
qscintilla2_2.1+snapshot20070923-1ubuntu1.diff.gz
qscintilla2_2.1+snapshot20070923-1ubuntu1.dsc
qscintilla2_2.1+snapshot20070923.orig.tar.gz


2) Unpacking

dpkg-source -x qscintilla2_2.1+snapshot20070923-1ubuntu1.dsc

3) Compiling
cd to the qscintilla2-2.1+snapshot20070923 folder

dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot -b -uc

and it tells:

dpkg-checkbuilddeps: Unmet build dependencies: python-all-dev python-qt4-dev

Installed the following packages:

python-all (2.5.1-1ubuntu2)
python-all-dev (2.5.1-1ubuntu2)
python-qt4-dev (4.3-2ubuntu7.1)
python2.4 (2.4.4-6ubuntu4.1)
python2.4-dev (2.4.4-6ubuntu4.1)
python2.4-minimal (2.4.4-6ubuntu4.1)

Again

dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot -b -uc

=>

python-qscintilla2_2.1+snapshot20070923-1ubuntu1_i386.deb

libqscintilla2-3_2.1+snapshot20070923-1ubuntu1_i386.deb
libqscintilla2-designer_2.1+snapshot20070923-1ubuntu1_i386.deb
libqscintilla2-dev_2.1+snapshot20070923-1ubuntu1_all.deb
libqscintilla2-doc_2.1+snapshot20070923-1ubuntu1_all.deb


Conclusion

Eric and QScintilla 2 seems to be backportable (well it starts ) BUT

Depends: python-qt4 (>=4.3.1) but 4.3-2ubuntu7.1 is to be installed

Version numbers and About Qt:

[SteveWC]

Re: Eric4?

Thanks you, Snowhog and Rog131 for pointing out to me overlooking the Qscintilla2 stuff. Will wait for the upgrade, as it seems the easiest.