wxPython 2.8 in Debian Etch

wxPython Users
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After severals years of Ubuntu loyalty I passed from Ubuntu Feisty to
debian Etch. Now I noticed that in Debian repos is only wxPython 2.6,
not 2.8 like Ubuntu. I seardhed in Google and founf this:

        apt-get install alien
        apt-get install libgtk2.0-dev freeglut3-dev python2.4-dev
        wget http://easynews.dl.sourceforge.net/wxpython/wxPython2.8-2.8.3.0-1.src.rpm
        rpmbuild --rebuild --define 'pyver 2.4'
wxPython2.8-2.8.3.0-1.src.rpm
        cd rpmdir
        alien packagenames.rpm
        dpkg -i whatever alien called them

Is it really the only way to obtain wxPython 2.8???

My Python version is 2.4

Thanks a lot. Regards.

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Javier Castrillo wrote:

After severals years of Ubuntu loyalty I passed from Ubuntu Feisty to
debian Etch. Now I noticed that in Debian repos is only wxPython 2.6,
not 2.8 like Ubuntu. I seardhed in Google and founf this:

       apt-get install alien
       apt-get install libgtk2.0-dev freeglut3-dev python2.4-dev
       wget http://easynews.dl.sourceforge.net/wxpython/wxPython2.8-2.8.3.0-1.src.rpm
       rpmbuild --rebuild --define 'pyver 2.4'
wxPython2.8-2.8.3.0-1.src.rpm
       cd rpmdir
       alien packagenames.rpm
       dpkg -i whatever alien called them

Is it really the only way to obtain wxPython 2.8???

You can get the debian source package and build your own set of binary debs. Look at the apt-get source command and dpkg-buildpacakge.

BTW, why did you switch?

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I switch to Debian cause Ubuntu was so heavy for my 1 GHz 256 Mb Dell.
It worked so slowly. In Feisty I enjoyed WXPython 2.8 and I have some
source that uses that version, so I need the upgrade. But Debian
itself runs like a soap in a bathroom floor :slight_smile: smoothy!

Show I need to follow this tutorial then??

Thanks a lot. Regards

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On 28/06/07, Robin Dunn <robin@alldunn.com> wrote:

BTW, why did you switch?

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Javier Castrillo wrote:

Show I need to follow this tutorial then??

Phoenix/README.rst at master · wxWidgets/Phoenix · GitHub

Not unless you want to have a custom build. If you want something that produces .deb files then all you need to do is get the package source building it.

For example, if you have my feisty repository configured then you can use "apt-get source wxwidgets2.8" otherwise download the 2.8 files from here: http://apt.wxwidgets.org/dists/feisty-wx/main/source/ and then use dpkg-source -x to unpack it. Then you can use dpkg-buildpackage to build it. See their man pages for more info.

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from my Ubuntu repository and use the standard Debian commands for

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