calibre doesn't start on Natty because of sip module API

This bug was fixed in the package calibre - 0.7.18+dfsg-1build1

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calibre (0.7.18+dfsg-1build1) natty; urgency=low

  * No changes upload to rebuild calibre with latest sip (LP: #668802)
 -- Fabrice Coutadeur <email address hidden> Sun, 31 Oct 2010 07:08:12 +0100

problem also exists in maverick Version: 0.7.18+dfsg-1

Hi,

Could you please a separate bug report: I'm using Calibre in Maverick and don't have any problem, so I don't think this is the same origin.

Thanks,
Fabrice

After a restart, the problem on maverick went away.

My problem didn't go away after a restart - this still affects Maverick as far as I can tell. Output:

musicman@brunswick:~$ calibre --version
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/calibre", line 19, in <module>
    sys.exit(main())
  File "/usr/lib/calibre/calibre/gui2/main.py", line 321, in main
    app, opts, args, actions = init_qt(args)
  File "/usr/lib/calibre/calibre/gui2/main.py", line 40, in init_qt
    from calibre.gui2.ui import Main
  File "/usr/lib/calibre/calibre/gui2/ui.py", line 31, in <module>
    from calibre.gui2.widgets import ProgressIndicator
  File "/usr/lib/calibre/calibre/gui2/widgets.py", line 26, in <module>
    from calibre.gui2.progress_indicator import ProgressIndicator as _ProgressIndicator
  File "/usr/lib/calibre/calibre/gui2/progress_indicator/__init__.py", line 15, in <module>
    pi_error)
RuntimeError: Failed to load the Progress Indicator plugin: the sip module implements API v8.0 but the progress_indicator module requires API v7.1

@datakid:
Exactly the same message for me.
Using Ubuntu Maverick 64bit, calibre 0.7.18+dfsg-1.

thx, p.

$ calibre
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/calibre", line 19, in <module>
    sys.exit(main())
  File "/usr/lib/calibre/calibre/gui2/main.py", line 321, in main
    app, opts, args, actions = init_qt(args)
  File "/usr/lib/calibre/calibre/gui2/main.py", line 40, in init_qt
    from calibre.gui2.ui import Main
  File "/usr/lib/calibre/calibre/gui2/ui.py", line 31, in <module>
    from calibre.gui2.widgets import ProgressIndicator
  File "/usr/lib/calibre/calibre/gui2/widgets.py", line 26, in <module>
    from calibre.gui2.progress_indicator import ProgressIndicator as _ProgressIndicator
  File "/usr/lib/calibre/calibre/gui2/progress_indicator/__init__.py", line 15, in <module>
    pi_error)
RuntimeError: Failed to load the Progress Indicator plugin: the sip module implements API v8.0 but the progress_indicator module requires API v7.1

$ lsb_release -r
Release: 10.10

I can confirm this bug on Kubuntu 10.10, too.

Another "me too". Exactly the same problem running on Maverick, fully updated.

Version: 0.7.18+dfsg-1

I think the problem might be a newer version of python-sip provided by the Kubuntu ppa.
Are people using that?

That would explain why several people are using calibre without problem in Kubuntu.

Anyway, as explained before, ss this bug reports was for Natty and has been solved, if anybody in the 'me too' mood is reading that, please open a new bug report for Maverick and I'll follow up in the new one.

Thanks,
Fabrice

Yes the problem is the kubuntu ppa. I just downgrade python-sip and also python-qt4 and now Calibre works.

Alberto