python and QT

[maitre at ccs.neu.edu (Brad Noyes)]

Hi All,
I need to learn python for my job, and i decided to learn it using the pythong bindings for QT/KDE. I downloaded amd compiled PyQT, but the make install fails with


make[3]: Entering directory `/home/brad/source/PyQt-3.2.4/qt'
(cd /tmp; PYTHONPATH=/usr/lib/python1.5/site-packages:/usr/lib/python1.5/site-packages /usr/bin/python -c "import qt")
Traceback (innermost last):
  File "<string>", line 1, in ?
  File "/usr/lib/python1.5/site-packages/qt.py", line 46, in ?
    import libsip
ImportError: /usr/lib/python1.5/site-packages/libsip.so: undefined symbol: PyObject_DEL
make[3]: *** [install-data-hook] Error 1

can anyone sugest ways to debug/fix this? I installed libsip from source just before i tried PyQT, it compiled and installed fine, so don't understand why i would get an 'undefined symbol:' error if it compiled fine.

Any sugestions will help,
Thanks,
--brad