Debian bullseye: python-qscintilla2 package no longer exists
On 2020-02-08 Saturday, upgrading Debian bullseye uninstalled the libqt4-*, libqtcore4, python-qscintilla2, pyqt4-dev-tools, and python-qt4 packages. They are no longer available from Debian, at least not from the testing (bullseye) repos.
(The page at https://bitbucket.org/tortoisehg/thg/wiki/developers/Linux lists that pyqt4-dev-tools
and python-qscintilla2
should be installed in Debian to run thg.)
A few days later I closed thg and then re-opened it. Since then, it gives this error on startup:
#!python
** Mercurial version (5.2.2). TortoiseHg version (5.1+367-9e3bf37dd711)
** Command:
** CWD: /media/ssd-data/coding/proj/thg/thg
** Encoding: UTF-8
** Extensions loaded: record, strip, mq, transplant, eol, fetch, graphlog, children, churn, hgk, convert, purge, rebase, patchbomb, histedit, tortoisehg.util.configitems
** Python version: 2.7.17 (default, Jan 19 2020, 19:54:54) [GCC 9.2.1 20200110]
** System: Linux arona 5.3.0-3-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 5.3.15-1 (2019-12-07) x86_64
** Qt-5.12.5 PyQt-5.14.1 QScintilla-(unknown)
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/media/ssd-data/coding/proj/thg/thg/tortoisehg/hgqt/run.py", line 138, in dispatch
return _runcatch(u, args)
File "/media/ssd-data/coding/proj/thg/thg/tortoisehg/hgqt/run.py", line 342, in _runcatch
return runcommand(ui, args)
File "/media/ssd-data/coding/proj/thg/thg/tortoisehg/hgqt/run.py", line 436, in runcommand
return _runcommand(lui, options, cmd, d)
File "/media/ssd-data/coding/proj/thg/thg/tortoisehg/hgqt/run.py", line 488, in _runcommand
return checkargs()
File "/media/ssd-data/coding/proj/thg/thg/tortoisehg/hgqt/run.py", line 441, in checkargs
return cmdfunc()
File "/media/ssd-data/coding/proj/thg/thg/tortoisehg/hgqt/run.py", line 435, in <lambda>
**pycompat.strkwargs(cmdoptions))
File "/media/ssd-data/coding/proj/thg/thg/tortoisehg/hgqt/qtapp.py", line 465, in __call__
dlg, reporoot = self._createdialog(dlgfunc, args, opts)
File "/media/ssd-data/coding/proj/thg/thg/tortoisehg/hgqt/qtapp.py", line 529, in _createdialog
return dlgfunc(self._ui, *args, **opts), reporoot
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/mercurial/util.py", line 1845, in check
return func(*args, **kwargs)
File "/media/ssd-data/coding/proj/thg/thg/tortoisehg/hgqt/run.py", line 1057, in log
w = _workbench(ui, *pats, **opts)
File "/media/ssd-data/coding/proj/thg/thg/tortoisehg/hgqt/run.py", line 527, in _workbench
w = qtrun.createWorkbench()
File "/media/ssd-data/coding/proj/thg/thg/tortoisehg/hgqt/qtapp.py", line 561, in createWorkbench
self._workbench = workbench.Workbench(
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/hgdemandimport/demandimportpy2.py", line 157, in __getattr__
self._load()
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/hgdemandimport/demandimportpy2.py", line 97, in _load
_origimport, head, globals, locals, None, level
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/hgdemandimport/demandimportpy2.py", line 44, in _hgextimport
return importfunc(name, globals, *args, **kwargs)
File "/media/ssd-data/coding/proj/thg/thg/tortoisehg/hgqt/workbench.py", line 56, in <module>
from .docklog import LogDockWidget
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/hgdemandimport/demandimportpy2.py", line 257, in _demandimport
_origimport, name, globals, locals, level=level
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/hgdemandimport/demandimportpy2.py", line 44, in _hgextimport
return importfunc(name, globals, *args, **kwargs)
File "/media/ssd-data/coding/proj/thg/thg/tortoisehg/hgqt/docklog.py", line 12, in <module>
from .qsci import (
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/hgdemandimport/demandimportpy2.py", line 181, in _demandimport
return _hgextimport(_origimport, name, globals, locals, fromlist, level)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/hgdemandimport/demandimportpy2.py", line 44, in _hgextimport
return importfunc(name, globals, *args, **kwargs)
File "/media/ssd-data/coding/proj/thg/thg/tortoisehg/hgqt/qsci.py", line 17, in <module>
from PyQt5.Qsci import *
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/hgdemandimport/demandimportpy2.py", line 181, in _demandimport
return _hgextimport(_origimport, name, globals, locals, fromlist, level)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/hgdemandimport/demandimportpy2.py", line 44, in _hgextimport
return importfunc(name, globals, *args, **kwargs)
ImportError: No module named Qsci
I tried installing the following packages without success:
- python-pyqt5
- libqscintilla2-qt5-15
- libqscintilla2-qt5-l10n
- python3-pyqt5
- python3-pyqt5.qsci
- pyqt5-dev
- pyqt5.qsci-dev
- libqscintilla2-qtlibqscintilla2-qt5-devlibqscintilla2-qt5-dev5-dev
The purpose of this report is twofold: First, to report that the Debian documentation is out of date. Second, to inquire how I can install the required components myself to run thg again.