Re: pgadmin4 - which python

Am 03.11.20 um 15:07 schrieb Dave Page:
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> On Tue, Nov 3, 2020 at 11:41 AM Egon Frerich <egon(at)frerich(dot)eu
> <mailto:egon(at)frerich(dot)eu>> wrote:
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> Am 03.11.20 um 11:27 schrieb Dave Page:
> >
> >
> > On Tue, Nov 3, 2020 at 10:24 AM Egon Frerich <egon(at)frerich(dot)eu
> <mailto:egon(at)frerich(dot)eu>
> > <mailto:egon(at)frerich(dot)eu <mailto:egon(at)frerich(dot)eu>>> wrote:
> >
> >     I want to install pgadmin4 with Mint 19.3. and get this:
> >
> >     > thomas(at)Epsil192:~/Downloads/pgadmin4/pgadmin4-4.27/runtime$
> sudo qmake
> >     > Project MESSAGE: ==================================
> >     > Project MESSAGE: Configuring the pgAdmin 4 runtime.
> >     > Project MESSAGE: ==================================
> >     > Project MESSAGE: Qt version: 5.12.8
> >     > Project ERROR: The PGADMIN_PYTHON_DIR environment variable
> is not
> >     set. Please set it to a directory path under which Python 3.4 or
> >     later has been installed and try again.
> >     > thomas(at)Epsil192:~/Downloads/pgadmin4/pgadmin4-4.27/runtime$ echo
> >     $PGADMIN_PYTHON_DIR
> >     > /usr/lib/python3.8/
> >
> >     I don't understand why $PGADMIN_PYTHON_DIR is not found.
> >
> >
> > Probably because you're running qmake under sudo, but the environment
> > variable is set in your own session.
> >
> > There shouldn't be any need to run qmake under sudo. 
> >
> > --
> > Dave Page
> > Blog: http://pgsnake.blogspot.com
> > Twitter: @pgsnake
> >
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> >
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>
> Same result without 'sudo':
>
> > thomas(at)Epsil192:~/Downloads/pgadmin4/pgadmin4-4.27/runtime$ qmake
> > Project MESSAGE: ==================================
> > Project MESSAGE: Configuring the pgAdmin 4 runtime.
> > Project MESSAGE: ==================================
> > Project MESSAGE: Qt version: 5.12.8
> > Project ERROR: The PGADMIN_PYTHON_DIR environment variable is not
> set. Please set it to a directory path under which Python 3.4 or
> later has been installed and try again.
> > thomas(at)Epsil192:~/Downloads/pgadmin4/pgadmin4-4.27/runtime$ echo
> $PGADMIN_PYTHON_DIR
> > /usr/lib/python3.8/
> > thomas(at)Epsil192:~/Downloads/pgadmin4/pgadmin4-4.27/runtime$
>
>
> Is your Python really installed in /usr/lib/python3.8, or is that just
> the libraries it includes? I would expect an installation in /usr to
> create that directory, which seems more in line with most distros.
>
> e.g. If you build Python 3.8 and install it to $INSTALLDIR, you'd end up
> with the python3.8 directory being in $INSTALLDIR/lib/python3.8
>  
> --
> Dave Page
> Blog: http://pgsnake.blogspot.com
> Twitter: @pgsnake
>
> EDB: http://www.enterprisedb.com
>

The program python3.8 is in /usr/bin . I tried

> thomas(at)Epsil192:~/Downloads/pgadmin4/pgadmin4-4.27/runtime$ declare PGADMIN_PYTHON_DIR=/usr/bin
> thomas(at)Epsil192:~/Downloads/pgadmin4/pgadmin4-4.27/runtime$ qmake
> Project MESSAGE: ==================================
> Project MESSAGE: Configuring the pgAdmin 4 runtime.
> Project MESSAGE: ==================================
> Project MESSAGE: Qt version: 5.12.8
> Project ERROR: The PGADMIN_PYTHON_DIR environment variable is not set. Please set it to a directory path under which Python 3.4 or later has been installed and try again.
> thomas(at)Epsil192:~/Downloads/pgadmin4/pgadmin4-4.27/runtime$ declare PGADMIN_PYTHON_DIR=/usr/bin/python3.8
> thomas(at)Epsil192:~/Downloads/pgadmin4/pgadmin4-4.27/runtime$ qmake
> Project MESSAGE: ==================================
> Project MESSAGE: Configuring the pgAdmin 4 runtime.
> Project MESSAGE: ==================================
> Project MESSAGE: Qt version: 5.12.8
> Project ERROR: The PGADMIN_PYTHON_DIR environment variable is not set. Please set it to a directory path under which Python 3.4 or later has been installed and try again.
> thomas(at)Epsil192:~/Downloads/pgadmin4/pgadmin4-4.27/runtime$

The environment is set. How/What is qmake checking?

Egon