wxPython 2.9 for Ubuntu 12.04

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I see that there isn’t a package for wxPython 2.9 for Ubuntu 12.04. If I were to attempt to build 2.9 from source, what version of wxwidgets is required? Is wxwidgets 2.8 sufficient (it’s the one available on Ubuntu 12.04).

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I see that there isn't a package for wxPython 2.9 for Ubuntu 12.04.

And there probably won't be. I don't have time nor desire to maintain the .deb packaging scripts, and the Debian/Ubuntu folks don't seem to care about providing binaries for a release from the "development" release series even though some would say it is better and more stable than the last "stable" release.

If I
were to attempt to build 2.9 from source, what version of wxwidgets is
required? Is wxwidgets 2.8 sufficient (it's the one available on Ubuntu
12.04).

No, you need to use a matching version of wxWidgets. You're in luck though, as the wxWidgets code is also in the wxPython-src tarball, and wxPython's build-wxpython.py script will also build wxWidgets for you. Be sure to get and apply the 2.9.4.1 patch that I mentioned yesterday though.

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On 7/25/12 9:53 AM, Bruce Sherwood wrote:

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Robin Dunn
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Many thanks for the detailed advice.

Bruce

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On Wed, Jul 25, 2012 at 12:47 PM, Robin Dunn <robin@alldunn.com> wrote:

On 7/25/12 9:53 AM, Bruce Sherwood wrote:

I see that there isn't a package for wxPython 2.9 for Ubuntu 12.04.

And there probably won't be. I don't have time nor desire to maintain the
.deb packaging scripts, and the Debian/Ubuntu folks don't seem to care about
providing binaries for a release from the "development" release series even
though some would say it is better and more stable than the last "stable"
release.

If I
were to attempt to build 2.9 from source, what version of wxwidgets is
required? Is wxwidgets 2.8 sufficient (it's the one available on Ubuntu
12.04).

No, you need to use a matching version of wxWidgets. You're in luck though,
as the wxWidgets code is also in the wxPython-src tarball, and wxPython's
build-wxpython.py script will also build wxWidgets for you. Be sure to get
and apply the 2.9.4.1 patch that I mentioned yesterday though.

--
Robin Dunn
Software Craftsman
http://wxPython.org

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I built and installed wxPython 2.9 on Ubuntu 12.04, with the recent
patch, but when I import wx I get this error:

  File "userpoll.py", line 2, in <module>
    from wxpoll import *
  File "/home/bruce/Documents/wxPython/wxpoll.py", line 2, in <module>
    import wx
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/wx/__init__.py", line
45, in <module>
    from wx._core import *
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/wx/_core.py", line 4, in <module>
    import _core_
ImportError: libwx_gtk2u_adv-2.9.so.4: cannot open shared object file:
No such file or directory

However, I find this file:

/usr/local/lib/libwx_gtk2u_adv-2.9.so.4

Any idea what I could be doing wrong?

Bruce

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On Wed, Jul 25, 2012 at 12:47 PM, Robin Dunn <robin@alldunn.com> wrote:

On 7/25/12 9:53 AM, Bruce Sherwood wrote:

I see that there isn't a package for wxPython 2.9 for Ubuntu 12.04.

And there probably won't be. I don't have time nor desire to maintain the
.deb packaging scripts, and the Debian/Ubuntu folks don't seem to care about
providing binaries for a release from the "development" release series even
though some would say it is better and more stable than the last "stable"
release.

If I
were to attempt to build 2.9 from source, what version of wxwidgets is
required? Is wxwidgets 2.8 sufficient (it's the one available on Ubuntu
12.04).

No, you need to use a matching version of wxWidgets. You're in luck though,
as the wxWidgets code is also in the wxPython-src tarball, and wxPython's
build-wxpython.py script will also build wxWidgets for you. Be sure to get
and apply the 2.9.4.1 patch that I mentioned yesterday though.

--
Robin Dunn
Software Craftsman
http://wxPython.org

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You need to tell the system to look for shared libs in that path. You can do that by setting LD_LIBRARY_PATH or you can edit /etc/ld.so.conf and then run ldconfig to update the system search paths.

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On 7/25/12 7:52 PM, Bruce Sherwood wrote:

I built and installed wxPython 2.9 on Ubuntu 12.04, with the recent
patch, but when I import wx I get this error:

   File "userpoll.py", line 2, in <module>
     from wxpoll import *
   File "/home/bruce/Documents/wxPython/wxpoll.py", line 2, in <module>
     import wx
   File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/wx/__init__.py", line
45, in <module>
     from wx._core import *
   File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/wx/_core.py", line 4, in <module>
     import _core_
ImportError: libwx_gtk2u_adv-2.9.so.4: cannot open shared object file:
No such file or directory

However, I find this file:

/usr/local/lib/libwx_gtk2u_adv-2.9.so.4

Any idea what I could be doing wrong?

--
Robin Dunn
Software Craftsman

6

Thanks! Silly me, I thought that /usr/local/lib was on the library
search path by default. It all works now.

Bruce

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On Thu, Jul 26, 2012 at 10:20 AM, Robin Dunn <robin@alldunn.com> wrote:

On 7/25/12 7:52 PM, Bruce Sherwood wrote:

I built and installed wxPython 2.9 on Ubuntu 12.04, with the recent
patch, but when I import wx I get this error:

   File "userpoll.py", line 2, in <module>
     from wxpoll import *
   File "/home/bruce/Documents/wxPython/wxpoll.py", line 2, in <module>
     import wx
   File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/wx/__init__.py", line
45, in <module>
     from wx._core import *
   File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/wx/_core.py", line 4, in
<module>
     import _core_
ImportError: libwx_gtk2u_adv-2.9.so.4: cannot open shared object file:
No such file or directory

However, I find this file:

/usr/local/lib/libwx_gtk2u_adv-2.9.so.4

Any idea what I could be doing wrong?

You need to tell the system to look for shared libs in that path. You can
do that by setting LD_LIBRARY_PATH or you can edit /etc/ld.so.conf and then
run ldconfig to update the system search paths.

--
Robin Dunn
Software Craftsman
http://wxPython.org

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