newbie doubt about installation

wxPython Users
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Hi
I am trying to install wxpython on ubuntu-jaunty.The wxpython page
mentions glib/gtk+ as dependencies.When I checked through synaptic, I
found that I have python-wxgtk2.8.9.1-0ubuntu6.How do I upgrade to the
latest version of python-wxgtk and install wxpython?Is there some
utility (like apt) that can take care of the dependencies?
Any help would be much appreciated
thanks
harry

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Check this out:

http://wiki.wxpython.org/InstallingOnUbuntuOrDebian

Note: That link was on the main wxPython download page.

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On Sep 6, 11:19 pm, harryos <oswald.ha...@gmail.com> wrote:

Hi
I am trying to install wxpython on ubuntu-jaunty.The wxpython page
mentions glib/gtk+ as dependencies.When I checked through synaptic, I
found that I have python-wxgtk2.8.9.1-0ubuntu6.How do I upgrade to the
latest version of python-wxgtk and install wxpython?Is there some
utility (like apt) that can take care of the dependencies?
Any help would be much appreciated
thanks
harry

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Mike Driscoll

Blog: http://blog.pythonlibrary.org

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http://wiki.wxpython.org/InstallingOnUbuntuOrDebian

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On 9/6/10 9:19 PM, harryos wrote:

Hi
I am trying to install wxpython on ubuntu-jaunty.The wxpython page
mentions glib/gtk+ as dependencies.When I checked through synaptic, I
found that I have python-wxgtk2.8.9.1-0ubuntu6.How do I upgrade to the
latest version of python-wxgtk and install wxpython?Is there some
utility (like apt) that can take care of the dependencies?
Any help would be much appreciated

--
Robin Dunn
Software Craftsman

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thanks for the reply..I went through all the steps on the wiki page..
I got an error message
...
<snippet>
Errors were encountered while processing:
/var/cache/apt/archives/python-wxgtk2.8_2.8.11.0-0_i386.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
<snippet>

When I searched using synaptic package manager ,it shows the installed
version of python-wxgtk as 2.8.9.1(which I had previously) even though
spmanager shows that latest available version is 2.8.11.0-0

Any idea how to proceed?

Also do I have to install wxpython from src.rpm?I am not very
comfortable with making/building from the source
thanks again
harry

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InstallingOnUbuntuOrDebian - wxPyWiki

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thanks for the reply..I went through all the steps on the wiki page..
I got an error message
...
<snippet>
Errors were encountered while processing:
  /var/cache/apt/archives/python-wxgtk2.8_2.8.11.0-0_i386.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
<snippet>

When I searched using synaptic package manager ,it shows the installed
version of python-wxgtk as 2.8.9.1(which I had previously) even though
spmanager shows that latest available version is 2.8.11.0-0

Any idea how to proceed?

It shouldn't be needed but I would try uninstalling the old versions of the wx packages first, and then installing the new. If you still get the error then see if there is any more detailed error message logged someplace that could help, or perhaps a verbose flag that can be turned on.

Also do I have to install wxpython from src.rpm?I am not very
comfortable with making/building from the source

You shouldn't need to, but there are instructions for building your own packages here: BuildingDebianPackages - wxPyWiki

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On 9/9/10 6:30 AM, harryos wrote:

--
Robin Dunn
Software Craftsman

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many thanks Robin..I uninstalled the old ones and installed the latest
one through apt-get install .Now I can use wxpython
harry

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It shouldn't be needed but I would try uninstalling the old versions of
the wx packages first, and then installing the new.