wxPython on Ubuntu

C.D. wrote:

See:
http://wiki.wxpython.org/index.cgi/wxPython_20with_20Ubuntu
which is linked off wxPyWiki Front Page -> Other Docs -> wxPython with

Ubuntu.

Cheers,

and

Peter Damoc wrote:

o Dear Peter,
if you do not know what to do, may I humbly suggest you write
a tutorial, on how to install, step by step, wxPython on Ubuntu.
Yesterday, I succeeded to install Ubuntu, this is already an
exploit for me, but from there to have wxPython working...

that's way too easy :slight_smile: is like you've climbed a high mountain and stopped

2 steps from

the summit :slight_smile:
C.D. already provided the needed information and I'm sure that by the time

you read

this email wxPython is already installed on your Ubuntu box. ;o)

I thank you both for your replies and for the wiki page. Unfortunately,
things are not going that way. I have two boxes, one with win98 and
one with Ubuntu. The problem is that the Ubuntu box is not connected
to the net, while the win98 box is. (Ubuntu installation problems and/or
wrong modem configuration, I do not know).
After having visited the Ubuntu and the jungle of Debian web pages,
I succeed to fish what I think (?) is the correct (and complete?) Debian
package, libwxgtk2.5.3-python_2.5.3.2_i386.deb.
I burned a cd and tried to install from the cd with Synaptic. I also have
a copy on my home dir /home/jm. Problem, Synaptic is complaining with
something like "the cd is not a valid APT formated cd...' (was in French).

So, what should I do now?

Sorry if this is a little out of a pure wxPython topic. I'm still
curious to see how my wx apps look on a Linux platform. There is
no Linux Users Group in my region and I do not find any Linux soul,
or souls who have not abandonned Linux.

Jean-Michel Fauth, Switzerland.

dpkg --install libwxgtk2.5.3-python_2.5.3.2_i386.deb

Since Ubuntu doesn't have a root console (sudo su aside), you'll need
sudo dpkg --install libwxgtk2.5.3-python_2.5.3.2_i386.deb

I highly recommend you hang out at the Freenode #ubuntu IRC channel if
you are new to Ubuntu (or Linux). It has a very active, friendly
community willing to help with all manner of problems. Unfortunately,
there isn't much of a wxPython community there, but I'm trying to
change that. Ubuntu relies heavily on Python. There is some
discussion as to what Python GUI should be used. The only two real
candidates seem to be wxPython and pyGTK. The developers currently
seem to favor pyGTK.

Cheers,
C.D.