[OTHER] ImportError: cannot import name 'QGlPicamera2' from 'picamera2.previews.qt'

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Start by reproducing the supplied example and inspect the picamera2.previews.qt entry point where QGlPicamera2 is imported. Check the installed Picamera2 environment and compare the available Qt preview symbols with the documentation example. Done means the example no longer raises this ImportError, with the required environment or documentation correction identified.

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Description

I'm receiving this error when attempting to access the camera. ImportError: cannot import name 'QGlPicamera2' from 'picamera2.previews.qt'

I tried using this example code straight from the Picamera2 docs and I received the same error as well.

from picamera2 import Picamera2, Preview
import time
picam2 = Picamera2()
camera_config = picam2.create_preview_configuration()
picam2.configure(camera_config)
picam2.start_preview(Preview.QTGL)
picam2.start()
time.sleep(2)
picam2.capture_file("test.jpg")

Any help on how I can resolve this would be appreciated.

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