AutoKey - PyQt5 - Import Error

ncastrocosta · August 28, 2020, 12:52am

Hello everyone!

I’m trying to install AutoKey (pip install autokey). However, when I start the program (autokey-qt) I get this error:

File “/usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/autokey/qtui/scriptpage.py”, line 20, in
from PyQt5 import Qsci
ImportError: /usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/PyQt5/Qsci.abi3.so: undefined symbol: _ZdlPvm, version Qt_5

Does anyone have an idea on how to fix this?

Thanks!

bogdancovaciu · August 28, 2020, 4:33am

Hello and welcome,

No, that is not the way to install autokey
pamac build autokey
or
pamac build autokey-patched
Both are in AUR, but only install one!

ncastrocosta · October 24, 2020, 10:44pm

@bogdancovaciu same error using pamac, unfortunately.

patrick · November 26, 2020, 6:51pm

I started having a similar problem (crash, different error) after an update a few weeks back. I finally narrowed it down to a missing dependency. In my case I was able to fix with pamac install python-qscintilla-qt5. I would suggest trying pamac info autokey and looking at which optional dependencies are not installed and seeing if installing them helps.