Could not determine wxPython version. Python plugins will not be available.

[Tallis Huther da Costa]

Hello all,

I am trying to compile and run KiCad locally in a clean Ubuntu VM. I installed wxWidgets from source and installed wxPython with the following command:

pip install wxPython --log ~/Downloads/wxPython_install.log -v

I was able to download and run wxPython demos.

I started kicad with the command below:

export KICAD_RUN_FROM_BUILD_DIR=1

kicad/kicad &

After  starting eeschema, it shows an error:

This error comes from https://gitlab.com/kicad/code/kicad/-/blob/master/scripting/python_scripting.cpp?ref_type=heads#L121. However, when manually running the Python script test_wxPython.py the output is:

ubuntuuser@ubuntuuservm:~/Documents/kicad$ python3 test_wxPython.py
4.2.1 gtk3 (phoenix) wxWidgets 3.2.2.1

It seems that the string 'version' is empty in line 115 (https://gitlab.com/kicad/code/kicad/-/blob/master/scripting/python_scripting.cpp?ref_type=heads#L115). It seems that Python instance within KiCad is not able to figure out wxPython's installation.

May I get help to resolve this issue? Is there another way to install wxPython which works with a local compilation of KiCad?

Thanks,

Tallis

[Seth Hillbrand]

You have installed a mis-matched wxPython version.  The version of wxPython must match the version of libwxwidgets or you will get incompatibilities/crashes.

Instead of installing using pip, you need to install wxPython using your package manager.

Seth Hillbrand

Lead Developer

+1-530-302-5483‬

Long Beach, CA

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