Getting wxPython to work on a Mac

[Piet van Oostrum]

>>>>> Timothy Smith <tssmith at sonic.net> (TS) wrote:

>TS> Not sure exactly what I need to do to get wxPython to work on either of 
>TS> my Macs. (One's a notebook running Tiger (OS X 10.4.11), the other a Mac 
>TS> Pro running Leopard (10.5.1.))

>TS> I downloaded what should be the latest binary, and it installed without 
>TS> error. So Python comes up as

>TS> $ python -V
>TS> Python 2.5.1
>TS> $ ls -l /usr/bin/python
>TS> lrwxr-xr-x  1 root  wheel  72 Oct 26 17:59 /usr/bin/python@ -> 
>TS> ../../System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.5/bin/python
>TS> $

Did you also install the latest wxPython, with the proper version,
corresponding to your python version?

>TS> I set PYTHONPATH to 
>TS> System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.5/lib/python2.5

Why would you do that?

>TS> The Python interpreter works OK, far as I can tell. wx sort of works, 
>TS> but all the functionality is not there. For example, working through the 
>TS> exercises in "WxPython in Action" by Noel Rappin, I find that while I 
>TS> can create and display a frame, and create an app, stuff like 
>TS> wx.MessageBox() just doesn't work.

>TS> The same exercises work just fine on a Python 2.5.1 installation on my 
>TS> wife's Windows XP machine.

I tried the example (python_compare.py) and it just works, including the
MessageBox, on Tiger with python 2.5.1. I run the in Terminal (pythonw
python_compare.py) both with and without your PYTHONPATH.

How did you run the examples?
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