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[sgrogan]

I checked that "C:/Users/ianj0/miniconda3/envs/fcenv-dev/Library/include/qt" exists and contains the Qt stuff.

I don't understand why it's not working.
Does C:\Users\username\Miniconda3\envs\fcenv-dev\Library\plugins\platforms\qwindows.dll exist?
Hacky, but maybe try to copy this file to C:\Users\username\Miniconda3\envs\fcenv-dev\Library\bin\qwindows.dll

I don't have a system installed python/QT. Maybe the conda env is not as isolated as it should be?
conda list gives me this

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(base) C:\Users\Chris>conda activate fcenv-dev

(fcenv-dev) C:\Users\Chris>conda list
# packages in environment at C:\Users\Chris\Miniconda3\envs\fcenv-dev:
#
# Name                    Version                   Build  Channel
boost-cpp                 1.72.0               hd4e6614_3    conda-forge
bzip2                     1.0.8                he774522_3    conda-forge
ca-certificates           2020.6.20            hecda079_0    conda-forge
certifi                   2020.6.20        py38h9bdc248_2    conda-forge
coin3d                    4.0.0             h84d8830_1010    conda-forge
curl                      7.71.1               h4b64cdc_8    conda-forge
expat                     2.2.9                h33f27b4_2    conda-forge
flann                     1.9.1             h3a160d9_1008    conda-forge
fontconfig                2.13.1            hdcb13c4_1002    conda-forge
freecad                   0.19.pre        py38h992f965_152    freecad/label/dev
freeimage                 3.18.0               h33f27b4_0    conda-forge
freetype                  2.10.3               hd328e21_0    conda-forge
future                    0.18.2           py38h32f6830_1    conda-forge
hdf4                      4.2.13            hf8e6fe8_1003    conda-forge
hdf5                      1.10.6          nompi_he0bbb20_101    conda-forge
icu                       67.1                 h33f27b4_0    conda-forge
intel-openmp              2020.1                      216
jpeg                      9d                   he774522_0    conda-forge
jsoncpp                   1.8.4             h1ad3211_1002    conda-forge
krb5                      1.17.1               hc04afaa_3    conda-forge
libblas                   3.8.0                    16_mkl    conda-forge
libcblas                  3.8.0                    16_mkl    conda-forge
libclang                  10.0.1          default_hf44288c_1    conda-forge
libcurl                   7.71.1               h4b64cdc_8    conda-forge
libiconv                  1.16                 he774522_0    conda-forge
liblapack                 3.8.0                    16_mkl    conda-forge
libnetcdf                 4.7.4           nompi_h256d12c_105    conda-forge
libpng                    1.6.37               ha81a0f5_2    conda-forge
libssh2                   1.9.0                hb06d900_5    conda-forge
libtiff                   4.1.0                h885aae3_6    conda-forge
libxml2                   2.9.10               h1006b36_2    conda-forge
libxslt                   1.1.33               h579f668_1    conda-forge
lz4-c                     1.9.2                h62dcd97_2    conda-forge
mkl                       2020.1                      216
netgen                    6.2.1808        py38hb990d29_1007    conda-forge
numpy                     1.19.2           py38hdf1ac2f_1    conda-forge
occt                      7.4.0                h3ad41be_7    conda-forge
openssl                   1.1.1h               he774522_0    conda-forge
pcl                       1.11.1               ha8ca851_1    conda-forge
pip                       20.2.3                     py_0    conda-forge
pivy                      0.6.6.a0         py38h026d3d0_0    conda-forge
ply                       3.11                       py_1    conda-forge
pthreads-win32            2.9.1                hfa6e2cd_3    conda-forge
pyside2                   5.13.2           py38h6cd2493_2    conda-forge
python                    3.8.6           h60c2a47_0_cpython    conda-forge
python_abi                3.8                      1_cp38    conda-forge
pyyaml                    5.3.1            py38hab1e662_1    conda-forge
qhull                     2019.1               h7266db4_0    conda-forge
qt                        5.12.9               hb2cf2c5_0    conda-forge
setuptools                49.6.0           py38h9bdc248_2    conda-forge
six                       1.15.0             pyh9f0ad1d_0    conda-forge
smesh                     8.3.0.3         py38hc60e02b_10    conda-forge
soqt                      1.6.0                h95c7cbc_1    conda-forge
sqlite                    3.33.0               he774522_1    conda-forge
tbb                       2020.1               he980bc4_0    conda-forge
tk                        8.6.10               he774522_1    conda-forge
vc                        14.1                 h869be7e_1    conda-forge
vs2015_runtime            14.16.27012          h30e32a0_2    conda-forge
vtk                       8.2.0           py38h1e1109e_218    conda-forge
wheel                     0.35.1             pyh9f0ad1d_0    conda-forge
wincertstore              0.2             py38h32f6830_1005    conda-forge
xerces-c                  3.2.3                ha925a31_1    conda-forge
xz                        5.2.5                h62dcd97_1    conda-forge
yaml                      0.2.5                he774522_0    conda-forge
zlib                      1.2.11            h62dcd97_1009    conda-forge
zstd                      1.4.5                h1f3a1b7_2    conda-forge

(fcenv-dev) C:\Users\Chris>

[looo]

Maybe the conda env is not as isolated as it should be?

Can you try to see if the conda qt-library is somehow hidden.

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where Qt5Core.dll

https://github.com/ContinuumIO/anaconda ... -623118786

[ianj001]

Does C:\Users\username\Miniconda3\envs\fcenv-dev\Library\plugins\platforms\qwindows.dll exist?
Hacky, but maybe try to copy this file to C:\Users\username\Miniconda3\envs\fcenv-dev\Library\bin\qwindows.dll

It did exist at C:\Users\username\Miniconda3\envs\fcenv-dev\Library\plugins\platforms\qwindows.dll

I copied it as you suggested and now it works....

[ianj001]

Can you try to see if the conda qt-library is somehow hidden.

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where Qt5Core.dll

https://github.com/ContinuumIO/anaconda ... -623118786

Here is the result:
(fcenv-dev) c:\Users\ianj0\miniconda3\envs\fcenv-dev\Library\bin>where Qt5Core.dll
INFO: Could not find files for the given pattern(s).

I looked at the link that you posted but they were messing with the system PATH and the fcenv-dev PATH so I didn't do that.
Here is my path in that env:

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(fcenv-dev) c:\Users\ianj0\miniconda3\envs\fcenv-dev\Library\bin>PATH
PATH=C:\Users\ianj0\miniconda3\envs\fcenv-dev;C:\Users\ianj0\miniconda3\envs\fcenv-dev\Library\mingw-w64\bin;C:\Users\ianj0\miniconda3\envs\fcenv-dev\Library\usr\bin;C:\Users\ianj0\miniconda3\envs\fcenv-dev\Library\bin;C:\Users\ianj0\miniconda3\envs\fcenv-dev\Scripts;C:\Users\ianj0\miniconda3\envs\fcenv-dev\bin;C:\Users\ianj0\miniconda3\condabin;C:\WINDOWS\system32;C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\System32\Wbem;C:\WINDOWS\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0;C:\WINDOWS\System32\OpenSSH;C:\Program Files\PuTTY;C:\Program Files\Git\cmd;C:\Program Files\Inkscape\bin;C:\Users\ianj0\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python38-32\Scripts;C:\Users\ianj0\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python38-32;C:\Users\ianj0\AppData\Roaming\Python\Python38\Scripts;C:\Users\ianj0\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WindowsApps;C:\Users\ianj0\AppData\Local\Programs\Microsoft VS Code\bin;.

[looo]

Does C:\Users\username\Miniconda3\envs\fcenv-dev\Library\plugins\platforms\qwindows.dll exist?
Hacky, but maybe try to copy this file to C:\Users\username\Miniconda3\envs\fcenv-dev\Library\bin\qwindows.dll

It did exist at C:\Users\username\Miniconda3\envs\fcenv-dev\Library\plugins\platforms\qwindows.dll

I copied it as you suggested and now it works....

good you have found a way to solve this, but still it would be nice to find the reason for the issue. I still belive there must be another qt-installation which hides the conda qt library. This might happen with some environment variables. Maybe doing something like this in python:

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import os
print({key: value for key, value in os.environ.items() if "qt" in key or "Qt" in key or "QT" in key})

[sgrogan]

I copied it as you suggested and now it works....

This isn't really a fix as there will for sure be other QT stuff that is found later.

[ianj001]

good you have found a way to solve this, but still it would be nice to find the reason for the issue. I still belive there must be another qt-installation which hides the conda qt library. This might happen with some environment variables. Maybe doing something like this in python:

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import os
print({key: value for key, value in os.environ.items() if "qt" in key or "Qt" in key or "QT" in key})

I agree, it is definitely odd that it's not set up. - I may try uninstalling freecad and reinstalling in the fcdev-env just to see if that makes a difference.

The output from what you asked for was

(fcenv-dev) c:\Users\ianj0\miniconda3\envs\fcenv-dev>python test.py
{}

I also ran it just from a cmd window outside of the Conda environment with the same result.

[ianj001]

I did a

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conda uninstall freecad

then I did a

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conda install freecad

now it works without the copied file.

I did notice in the fcenv when I did a

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conda update freecad

it wanted to install version 0.18???

[sgrogan]

it wanted to install version 0.18???

Are you sure you got 0.19 when you re-installed? I would think conda-forge would be searched if -c FreeCAD/label/dev is not specified.

now it works without the copied file.

Are you sure the copied file was deleted when uninstalling FreeCAD?

[ianj001]

it wanted to install version 0.18???

Are you sure you got 0.19 when you re-installed? I would think conda-forge would be searched if -c FreeCAD/label/dev is not specified.

Yes, I have 0.19Alpha and 0.19 installed.

now it works without the copied file.

Are you sure the copied file was deleted when uninstalling FreeCAD?
I deleted it myself, it's gone.