Mayavi doesn't run from within Spyder: complains about “ValueError: API 'QString' …”

Question

I am unable to run/use Mayavi library from within Spyder IDE. I have described the problem below. Any help will be very useful. (Thank you very much in advance.)

Answer 1

for linux users, the answer by imranal in this issues can be referenced to.

just add export ETS_TOOLKIT=qt4 to a new line in ~/.bashrc will do the trick. don't forget to source the ~/.bashrc file!

Answer 2

According to this and this the error can be fixed by activating the Ignore API change errors (sip.setapi) checkbox in Preferences > Console > External Modules.

I have tested that it does work with Spyder 2.1.11.

Answer 3

Thanks Avaris for your response.

I have a solution for now (I am not sure of it as a "fix"). I modified the following setting in Tools->Preferences->Console->External Modules->Enthought Tool Suite->ETS_TOOLKIT: change from Qt4 to wx. After changing this setting, I am able to execute code with Mayavi library and Mayavi plots directly from within Spyder.