Question

The Issue: I am having trouble installing wxPython on Ubuntu 12.04. I would like to find a simple, straightforward way of doing this.

What I’ve Done So Far: The most relevant instructions that I have been able to find so far can be found here: http://wiki.wxpython.org/InstallingOnUbuntuOrDebian

The issue with these instructions is that there is no choice available for Precise 12.04. The most up-to-date distro shown is Natty 11.4. From what I can find, the proper way to do this is to manually build debian packages, which is explained here: http://wiki.wxpython.org/BuildingDebianPackages

Upon attempting this and finally typing the command ‘fakeroot debian/rules binary’, I get the errors:

debian/rules:14: /usr/share/quilt/quilt.make: No such file or directory
pyversions: missing X(S)-Python-Version in control file, fall back to debian/pyversions
pyversions: missing debian/pyversions file, fall back to supported versions
make: *** No rule to make target `/usr/share/quilt/quilt.make’. Stop.

I cannot seem to fix this error, or find any other applicable resources that work for me. I would post more links here, but since I am new, the spam filter is blocking me from doing so.

Conclusion: Does someone know a simple solution to properly installing wxPython on Ubuntu 12.04 Precise?

Update: I tried just simply using the apt-get command ‘sudo apt-get install python-wxgtk2.8’, and I received this (which seems good):

Reading package lists… Done
Building dependency tree

Reading state information… Done
python-wxgtk2.8 is already the newest version.
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
language-pack-zh-hans yaml-cpp language-pack-kde-en language-pack-kde-zh-hans language-pack-kde-en-base language-pack-zh-hans-base language-pack-kde-zh-hans-base
Use ‘apt-get autoremove’ to remove them.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 173 not upgraded.

But once I attempt to run something, ie ‘python test_gui.py’, I get the following error:

Traceback (most recent call last):
File “test_gui.py”, line 1, in
import wx
ImportError: No module named wx

Answer 1

Okay, so I was able to figure it out. It turned out to be a combination of things.

1. First make sure that you have Python installed
2. Install wxGTK 2.8 with the command, sudo apt-get install python-wxgtk2.8
3. Run the command, apt-get source -d wxwidgets2.8
4. Now run, dpkg-source -x wxwidgets2.8_2.8.12.1-6ubuntu2.dsc
5. cd wxwidgets2.8-2.8.12.1
6. cd wxPython
7. Now run the command, sudo python setup.py install
8. wxPython and wxWidgets are now successfully installed!