pyq installation error

[Ajay]

Not able to install pyq on RHEL developer desktop. I am using python3.6 and kdb (64 bit). Below is the error snippet. 

      

/home/ajay$ pip install ~/pyq

Processing ./pyq

    Complete output from command python setup.py egg_info:

    running egg_info

    creating pip-egg-info/pyq.egg-info

    writing pip-egg-info/pyq.egg-info/PKG-INFO

    writing dependency_links to pip-egg-info/pyq.egg-info/dependency_links.txt

    writing requirements to pip-egg-info/pyq.egg-info/requires.txt

    writing top-level names to pip-egg-info/pyq.egg-info/top_level.txt

    writing manifest file 'pip-egg-info/pyq.egg-info/SOURCES.txt'

    Traceback (most recent call last):

      File "<string>", line 1, in <module>

      File "/tmp/pip-fjn4279k-build/setup.py", line 678, in <module>

        run_setup(METADATA)

      File "/tmp/pip-fjn4279k-build/setup.py", line 674, in run_setup

        setup(**keywords)

      File "/home/ajay/anaconda3/lib/python3.6/distutils/core.py", line 148, in setup

        dist.run_commands()

      File "/home/ajay/anaconda3/lib/python3.6/distutils/dist.py", line 955, in run_commands

        self.run_command(cmd)

      File "/home/ajay/anaconda3/lib/python3.6/distutils/dist.py", line 974, in run_command

        cmd_obj.run()

      File "/home/ajay/anaconda3/lib/python3.6/site-packages/setuptools/command/egg_info.py", line 280, in run

        self.find_sources()

      File "/home/ajay/anaconda3/lib/python3.6/site-packages/setuptools/command/egg_info.py", line 295, in find_sources

        mm.run()

      File "/home/ajay/anaconda3/lib/python3.6/site-packages/setuptools/command/egg_info.py", line 526, in run

        self.add_defaults()

      File "/home/ajay/anaconda3/lib/python3.6/site-packages/setuptools/command/egg_info.py", line 562, in add_defaults

        sdist.add_defaults(self)

      File "/home/ajay/anaconda3/lib/python3.6/site-packages/setuptools/command/py36compat.py", line 36, in add_defaults

        self._add_defaults_ext()

      File "/home/ajay/anaconda3/lib/python3.6/site-packages/setuptools/command/py36compat.py", line 119, in _add_defaults_ext

        build_ext = self.get_finalized_command('build_ext')

      File "/home/ajay/anaconda3/lib/python3.6/distutils/cmd.py", line 299, in get_finalized_command

        cmd_obj.ensure_finalized()

      File "/home/ajay/anaconda3/lib/python3.6/distutils/cmd.py", line 107, in ensure_finalized

        self.finalize_options()

      File "/tmp/pip-fjn4279k-build/setup.py", line 470, in finalize_options

        ('define', 'define'))

      File "/home/ajay/anaconda3/lib/python3.6/distutils/cmd.py", line 287, in set_undefined_options

        src_cmd_obj.ensure_finalized()

      File "/home/ajay/anaconda3/lib/python3.6/distutils/cmd.py", line 107, in ensure_finalized

        self.finalize_options()

      File "/tmp/pip-fjn4279k-build/setup.py", line 405, in finalize_options

        ('q_version', 'q_version'))

      File "/home/ajay/anaconda3/lib/python3.6/distutils/cmd.py", line 287, in set_undefined_options

        src_cmd_obj.ensure_finalized()

      File "/home/ajay/anaconda3/lib/python3.6/distutils/cmd.py", line 107, in ensure_finalized

        self.finalize_options()

      File "/tmp/pip-fjn4279k-build/setup.py", line 305, in finalize_options

        self.python_dll = get_python_dll(sys.executable)

      File "/tmp/pip-fjn4279k-build/setup.py", line 263, in get_python_dll

        raise RuntimeError('no python dll')

    RuntimeError: no python dll

    

    ----------------------------------------

Command "python setup.py egg_info" failed with error code 1 in /tmp/pip-fjn4279k-build/

/home/ajay$ which python

~/anaconda3/bin/python

/home/ajay$ 

/home/ajay$ echo $QHOME

/home/ajay/q

[Alexander Belopolsky]

This is a known issue.  Anaconda Python is not fully supported yet.   Please see <https://github.com/KxSystems/pyq/issues/32> for a workaround.

[Ajay]

Thanks, that solved the issue.