What I don't like about wxPython

[Ryan Paul]

On Mon, 10 May 2004 19:41:18 +0000, Grant Edwards wrote:

> On 2004-05-09, Carl Banks <imbosol at aerojockey.invalid> wrote:
> 
>>>> Just thought I'd play devil's advocate...
>>>> 
>>>> I tried wxPython briefly, and it had some nice features.
>>>> 
>>>> It has a huge list of dependencies.
>>> 
>>> 1. Python.
>>> 2. Windows.
>>
>> The Unix version requires at least Python, gtk, and wxlib.  Gtk is
>> technically three libraries: gtk, gdk, and glib.  gdk depends on
>> libpng, probably also libjpeg.  The latest version has all kinds of
>> i18n dependencies.
> 
> Yup.  Trying to get wxPython installed can be a pretty
> frustrating experience.
> 
> After spending a couple hours trying to get a 2.5 version of
> wxPython installed on Mandrake 9.2, I finally gave up, wiped my
> disk, and installed Mandrake 10.0. It still doesn't come with
> wxPython 2.5, but it has enough of the required stuff that I
> don't have to build 10-15 new packages to get there...

indeed. I remember having some interesting problems getting it all to
compile with slackware. These days, I take the easy way out:
  apt-get install libwxgtk2.5-python

(just a little harmless debian promotion!) ;-D