Trouble brew installing retext - problems with pyqt: qtdirs failed to create qtdirs.out

[lazarillo]

I have trouble installing retext. I have a MacBook Pro running OS X Yosemite.

Below is the output stream after an attempt:

Mikes-Mac:~ mike$ brew install retext
==> Installing retext from homebrew/homebrew-python
==> Installing dependencies for homebrew/python/retext: qt, pyqt, sip, gettext, libffi, glib, aspell, enchant
==> Installing homebrew/python/retext dependency: qt
==> Downloading https://homebrew.bintray.com/bottles/qt-4.8.7.yosemite.bottle.tar.gz
######################################################################## 100.0%
==> Pouring qt-4.8.7.yosemite.bottle.tar.gz
==> Caveats
We agreed to the Qt opensource license for you.
If this is unacceptable you should uninstall.


.app bundles were installed.
Run `brew linkapps qt` to symlink these to /Applications.
==> Summary
🍺  /usr/local/Cellar/qt/4.8.7: 2794 files, 122M
==> Installing homebrew/python/retext dependency: pyqt
==> Downloading https://downloads.sf.net/project/pyqt/PyQt4/PyQt-4.11.3/PyQt-mac-gpl-4.11.3.tar.gz
==> Downloading from: http://iweb.dl.sourceforge.net/project/pyqt/PyQt4/PyQt-4.11.3/PyQt-mac-gpl-4.11.3.tar.gz
Already downloaded: /Library/Caches/Homebrew/pyqt-4.11.3.tar.gz
==> python configure.py --confirm-license --bindir=/usr/local/Cellar/pyqt/4.11.3/bin --destdir=/usr/local/Cellar/pyqt/4.
--sipdir=/usr/local/Cellar/pyqt/4.11.3/share/sip

Error: qtdirs.app/Contents/MacOS/qtdirs failed to create qtdirs.out. Make sure
your Qt installation is correct.
Determining the layout of your Qt installation...

READ THIS: https://git.io/brew-troubleshooting

These open issues may also help:
PySide/PyQt: how to get Phonon support?  (https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew/issues/33102)
Mikes-Mac:~ mike$ 

Issue 33102 mentioned above pointed me to issue 38559, which looked very promising, as it is all the same tasks & libraries. However, after running the suggestion, it did not help:

HOMEBREW_MAKE_JOBS=1 brew install pyqt --with-python3

simply yielded

Mikes-Mac:~ mike$ HOMEBREW_MAKE_JOBS=1 brew install pyqt --with-python3
Warning: pyqt-4.11.3 already installed

whereas

HOMEBREW_MAKE_JOBS=1 brew install retext --with-python3

yielded more or less the same problem:

Mikes-Mac:~ mike$ HOMEBREW_MAKE_JOBS=1 brew install retext --with-python3
==> Installing retext from homebrew/homebrew-python
==> Installing dependencies for homebrew/python/retext: sip, pyqt, gettext, libffi, glib, aspell, enchant
==> Installing homebrew/python/retext dependency: sip
==> Downloading https://downloads.sf.net/project/pyqt/sip/sip-4.16.5/sip-4.16.5.tar.gz
==> Downloading from: http://iweb.dl.sourceforge.net/project/pyqt/sip/sip-4.16.5/sip-4.16.5.tar.gz
######################################################################## 100.0%
==> python configure.py --deployment-target=10.10 --destdir=/usr/local/Cellar/sip/4.16.5/lib/python2.7/site-packages --b
==> make
==> make install
==> make clean
==> python3 configure.py --deployment-target=10.10 --destdir=/usr/local/Cellar/sip/4.16.5/lib/python3.4/site-packages --
==> make
==> make install
==> make clean
==> Caveats
The sip-dir for Python is /usr/local/share/sip.


Python modules have been installed and Homebrew's site-packages is not
in your Python sys.path, so you will not be able to import the modules
this formula installed. If you plan to develop with these modules,
please run:
  mkdir -p /Users/mike/.local/lib/python2.7/site-packages
  echo 'import site; site.addsitedir("/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages")' >> /Users/mike/.local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/homebrew.pth
==> Summary
🍺  /usr/local/Cellar/sip/4.16.5: 13 files, 1.0M, built in 13 seconds
==> Installing homebrew/python/retext dependency: pyqt
==> Downloading https://downloads.sf.net/project/pyqt/PyQt4/PyQt-4.11.3/PyQt-mac-gpl-4.11.3.tar.gz
==> Downloading from: http://iweb.dl.sourceforge.net/project/pyqt/PyQt4/PyQt-4.11.3/PyQt-mac-gpl-4.11.3.tar.gz
Already downloaded: /Library/Caches/Homebrew/pyqt-4.11.3.tar.gz
==> python configure.py --confirm-license --bindir=/usr/local/Cellar/pyqt/4.11.3/bin --destdir=/usr/local/Cellar/pyqt/4.
--sipdir=/usr/local/Cellar/pyqt/4.11.3/share/sip

Error: qtdirs.app/Contents/MacOS/qtdirs failed to create qtdirs.out. Make sure
your Qt installation is correct.
Determining the layout of your Qt installation...

READ THIS: https://git.io/brew-troubleshooting

These open issues may also help:
PySide/PyQt: how to get Phonon support?  (https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew/issues/33102)
Mikes-Mac:~ mike$ 

I then added the site-packages/homebrew.pth, as suggested, but that did not help, either:

Mikes-Mac:~ mike$ mkdir -p /Users/mike/.local/lib/python2.7/site-packages
Mikes-Mac:~ mike$ echo 'import site; site.addsitedir("/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages")' >> /Users/mike/.local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/homebrew.pth
Mikes-Mac:~ mike$ HOMEBREW_MAKE_JOBS=1 brew install retext --with-python3
==> Installing retext from homebrew/homebrew-python
==> Installing dependencies for homebrew/python/retext: pyqt, gettext, libffi, glib, aspell, enchant
==> Installing homebrew/python/retext dependency: pyqt
==> Downloading https://downloads.sf.net/project/pyqt/PyQt4/PyQt-4.11.3/PyQt-mac-gpl-4.11.3.tar.gz
==> Downloading from: http://iweb.dl.sourceforge.net/project/pyqt/PyQt4/PyQt-4.11.3/PyQt-mac-gpl-4.11.3.tar.gz
Already downloaded: /Library/Caches/Homebrew/pyqt-4.11.3.tar.gz
==> python configure.py --confirm-license --bindir=/usr/local/Cellar/pyqt/4.11.3/bin --destdir=/usr/local/Cellar/pyqt/4.
--sipdir=/usr/local/Cellar/pyqt/4.11.3/share/sip

Error: qtdirs.app/Contents/MacOS/qtdirs failed to create qtdirs.out. Make sure
your Qt installation is correct.
Determining the layout of your Qt installation...

READ THIS: https://git.io/brew-troubleshooting

These open issues may also help:
PySide/PyQt: how to get Phonon support?  (https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew/issues/33102)

I am at a loss for what to try next. I am also a bit worried that with all these overwrites, I may have created more problems with Homebrew.

I have created two installs of Python, if that is perhaps the problem. One is the standard version that comes installed in the Mac (/usr/local/bin/python), whereas the other is an Anaconda flavor of Python, installed at /Users/mike/anaconda/bin/python. I am using the Anaconda version as my default. I am not sure if that is a problem or not.

Finally, I ran a Gist report, as recommended by this report submission template.

Thank you!
Mike

[tdsmith]

Please try removing Anaconda from PATH temporarily and trying again. Anaconda bundles its own versions of many libraries that conflict with Homebrew's versions.

[DomT4]

Closing as dead. Please feel free to shout if we can help further here, Thanks!