ImportError:No module named PythonQt

[Jerryxiaoyu]

I downloaded the latest Drake precompiled release and tried to run the following code:

 from director.consoleapp import ConsoleApp

app = ConsoleApp()
view = app.createView()
view.showMaximized()
app.start()

but got the error ImportError: No module named PythonQt Is there something that I need to add to PYTHONPATH ?

[patmarion]

Hi @Jerryxiaoyu,

The director package comes with a binary named directorPython. Try using this instead of python to launch the program. PythonQt is not a standard python module that can be found in the python path, it has to be initialized from C++. The directorPython command line program is equivalent to python but it manages the initialization of Qt and PythonQt.

[Jerryxiaoyu]

Great! I complied the director package and used directorPython to run the program. It works well. Thanks a lot! @patmarion

[patmarion]

Great, glad it worked!

I have a change that I've been experimenting with that removes the requirement of using directorPython. I might land something like this in the future after a little more testing.

https://github.com/RobotLocomotion/director/pull/629

cc @EricCousineau-TRI