WxPython upgrade trouble on Ubuntu 8.04

[Mike Driscoll]

On Jan 25, 5:18 am, "lada... at my-deja.com" <lada... at my-deja.com> wrote:
> Hello everyone,
>
> You know the old saying, "in for a penny, in for a pound."
>
> Several hours ago I posted this...
>
> http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/msg/0a86e792c674adc8
>
> ...in which I described my desire to acquire Python 2.6 without
> upgrading my Ubuntu Linux installation from 8.04.
>
> Since Python 2.6 is not part of the Ubuntu 8.04 repository, I
> installed Python 2.6 manually.  Things are a little messy right now,
> since invoking IDLE from the desktop still defaults to Python 2.5.
> But I'm getting there.  At least I can access Python 2.6 from the
> command prompt, and SCIte also finds 2.6.
>
> Of course, I also have to reinstall all of the Python modules that I
> use on 2.6.  I have succeeded with numpy and biopython, both installed
> manually.  WxPython is giving me trouble, though.
>
> I visited wxpython.org and noted that wx version 2.8.10.1 fixes some
> important bugs that can occur when using Python 2.6.  The instructions
> here...
>
> http://wiki.wxpython.org/InstallingOnUbuntuOrDebian
>
> ...allowed me to add the wxWidgets apt repository to the list of web
> sites that my Synaptic Package Manager checks for updates.  It found
> wx 2.8.10.1 and auto-installed it.  I got error messages from Python
> 2.5 until I also installed python-wxtools, wx2.8-i18n, libwxgtk2.8-
> dev, and libgtk2.0-dev as recommended on the web page mentioned
> above.  Now "import wx" worked again, with no error messages, from
> Python 2.5.
>
> Installing wx on Python 2.6 is my ultimate goal, and here's where I'm
> stuck.  I actually tried "import wx" from Python 2.6 first, and I got
> this result:
>
> >>> import wx
>
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
>   File "wx/__init__.py", line 45, in <module>
>     from wx._core import *
>   File "wx/_core.py", line 4, in <module>
>     import _core_
> ImportError: No module named _core_
>
> I went back to Synaptic, said that I wanted to reinstall wx 2.8.10.1
> -- but not really, as I then selected "download package files only."
> I received the tarball.  The top-level folder has the wx binary stuff,
> which I believe is already installed.  I selected the wxPython
> directory at the second level.  Tried "python setup.py build", and
> after several minutes and dozens of warning messages, I finally got
> this fatal error:
>
> In file included from /usr/include/wx-2.8/wx/glcanvas.h:54,
>                  from contrib/glcanvas/gtk/glcanvas_wrap.cpp:2661:
> /usr/include/wx-2.8/wx/gtk/glcanvas.h: At global scope:
> /usr/include/wx-2.8/wx/gtk/glcanvas.h:47: error: ‘GLXContext’ does not
> name a type
> /usr/include/wx-2.8/wx/gtk/glcanvas.h:124: error: ISO C++ forbids
> declaration of ‘GLXFBConfig’ with no type
> /usr/include/wx-2.8/wx/gtk/glcanvas.h:124: error: expected ‘;’ before
> ‘*’ token
> error: command 'gcc' failed with exit status 1
>
> Worse -- NOW if I start Python 2.5, I get the same error message I got
> from 2.6.
>
> Now I'm stuck again.  Any advice?  Many thanks!

Try re-posting to the wxPython mailing list. Someone there will know
what the next step is.

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Mike Driscoll

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