Re: wxPython installation issues on Debian

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 wxPython 2.4 is obsolete.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

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