wxPython installation issues on Debian

[Chris Mellon]

On 11/30/05, Robert Kern <robert.kern at gmail.com> wrote:
> Paul McNett wrote:
> > Robert Kern wrote:
> >
> >>Although Ubuntu is a Debian derivative, it does have different packages.
> >>At the moment, Debian's default Python is 2.3 although one can also
> >>install Python 2.4, and most Python packages in Debian have been built
> >>for both (that's why I erroneously recommended installing the apparently
> >>nonexistant python2.4-wxgtk2.4). However, it appears that the maintainer
> >>of the Debian wxPython is not building packages for both Python 2.3 and
> >>2.4. The maintainer of the Ubuntu wxPython package apparently is.
> >
> > As far as I know, the maintainer of the wxPython package is the same (Ron) and
> > Ubuntu just uses the upstream wxPython from Debian. However, I see above that
> > you are referencing wxPython 2.4 and not 2.6. It is very possible that for
> > wxPython 2.4, there is only a Python 2.3 package.
> >
> > wxPython 2.4 is obsolete. If possible, wxPython 2.6 should be used. But, I don't
> > know if it is available for Python 2.4 under Debian (or Ubuntu, for that matter).
>
> Still only available for Python 2.3 it seems.
>
> http://packages.debian.org/testing/python/python-wxgtk2.6
> http://packages.qa.debian.org/w/wxwidgets2.6.html
>

The ubuntu patch available from the second link seems to provide
support for Python 2.4 (judging from a quick skim). If you're feeling
adventurous, maybe you could try applying that and installing. Or
perhaps just installing the ubuntu package manually, or try using
alien on one of the official RPMs.

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