wxPython libraries never detected

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d.lidell at gmail.com wrote:

> Hi, I recently started coding with Python and I've been trying for the
> past hour or so to determine why, every time I "import wx" (or compile
> another piece of code that imports wx), Python can never find the
> libraries.
> 
> I'm running Ubuntu Edgy 6.10, and, as per
> http://www.wxpython.org/download.php#sources, updated sources.list with
> the sources and installed python-wxgtk2.8, python-wxtools and wx2.8-i18n.
> I compiled the latest Python (as of writing), 2.5, from source.
> 
> For example, SPE tells me that I "need to install at least wxPython v.
> 2.5.4.1 to run SPE" and any code that relies on "import wx" reports
> "ImportError: No module named wx". However, "whereis wx" on the
> command line reports "wx: /usr/lib/wx /usr/local/lib/wx /usr/include/
> wx". What could be wrong here? I can't figure out why wx isn't being
> detected.
> 
> Many thanks.

By default, you need to have wx installed in the python site-package path /
under Mandriva, I have wx 2.8 installed
here:  /usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/wx-2.8-gtk2-ansi/


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