Problem when Installing wxPython-Phoenix

[ysf.he...@gmail.com]

Hello,

i have issue during install wxPython phoenix use pip, i follow this turorial:

http://wiki.wxpython.org/How%20to%20install%20wxPython#Installing_wxPython-Phoenix_using_pip

sudo pip install --upgrade --trusted-host wxpython.org --pre -f http://wxpython.org/Phoenix/snapshot-builds/ wxPython_Phoenix 

but i get error message:

checking for Xxf86vm... checking for XF86VidModeQueryExtension in -lXxf86vm... no
    checking elsewhere... no
    checking for SM... yes
    checking for OpenGL headers... found in /usr/include
    checking for GL/gl.h... yes
    checking for GL/glu.h... no
    configure: error: OpenGL libraries not available
    Error running configure
    ERROR: failed building wxWidgets
    Traceback (most recent call last):
      File "build.py", line 1179, in cmd_build_wx
        wxbuild.main(wxDir(), build_options)
      File "/tmp/pip-build-T3Sv2M/wxPython-Phoenix/buildtools/build_wxwidgets.py", line 367, in main
        "Error running configure")
      File "/tmp/pip-build-T3Sv2M/wxPython-Phoenix/buildtools/build_wxwidgets.py", line 85, in exitIfError
        raise builder.BuildError(msg)
    BuildError
    Finished command: build_wx (12.952s)
    Finished command: build (12.952s)
    Command '/usr/bin/python -u build.py build' failed with exit code 1.

    

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Command "/usr/bin/python -u -c "import setuptools, tokenize;__file__='/tmp/pip-build-T3Sv2M/wxPython-Phoenix/setup.py';exec(compile(getattr(tokenize, 'open', open)(__file__).read().replace('\r\n', '\n'), __file__, 'exec'))" install --record /tmp/pip-G4N6iz-record/install-record.txt --single-version-externally-managed --compile" failed with error code 1 in /tmp/pip-build-T3Sv2M/wxPython-Phoenix/

my current python information:

Python 2.7.6 - Linux

[Damien Ruiz]

Hi,

I do not know what is your issue but earlier this year I wrote a little document dealing with installing wxPython Phoenix on Ubuntu.

Maybe it will help you.

As it is just a text file, I copy and paste it here:

==============================================================
= ----- How to install wxPython Phoenix - The Easy Way ----- =
==============================================================

===========
= --- About --- =
===========

Last update : Monday the 21st, January 2016.

This tutorial deals with wxPython Phoenix installation on Ubuntu.

I am using Ubuntu 12.04 LTS - 64 bits.

Note :     Ubuntu 12.04 LTS comes with Python 2.7.3. You might have to make sure
    that Python is installed on your computer :
   
    - Type "python" in the console to run the python interpreter. You will also
    see the current version.
   
    Example :     damien@Ubuntu1204VB:~$ python
            Python 2.7.3 (default, Jun 22 2015, 19:33:41)
            [GCC 4.6.3] on linux2


=============
= --- Let's go --- =
=============

1. Install some modules :

    - dpkg-dev
    - build-essential
    - python2.7-dev # use appropriate Python version
    - libwebkitgtk-dev
    - libjpeg-dev
    - libtiff-dev
    - libgtk2.0-dev
    - libsdl1.2-dev
    - libgstreamer-plugins-base0.10-dev
    - libnotify-dev
    - freeglut3
    - freeglut3-dev


Note :     You can install all of them at once using the following command :
   
    sudo apt-get install dpkg-dev build-essential python2.7-dev libwebkitgtk-dev
    libjpeg-dev libtiff-dev libgtk2.0-dev libsdl1.2-dev libgstreamer-plugins-base0.10-dev
    libnotify-dev freeglut3 freeglut3-dev

Note : Your password will be asked.


2. Go to http://wxpython.org/Phoenix/snapshot-builds/ and download the latest .tar.gz

Example : wxPython_Phoenix-3.0.3-dev1836+f764b32.tar.gz

Note :    A .tar.gz file is called a tarball.


3. Untar the tarball : tar -xvzf wxPython_Phoenix-3.0.3-dev1836+f764b32.tar.gz


4. Go into the directory : cd wxPython_Phoenix-3.0.3-dev1836+f764b32.tar.gz

Note : You can/should use the tabulation key for auto-completing.


5. Install : sudo python setup.py install

Note :    Your password will be asked to copy files.


6. Check if the module works :
   
    6.1 Make sure your current folder is your home folder : type cd
   
    6.2 Do as follows :

Example : damien@Ubuntu1204VB:~$ python
      Python 2.7.3 (default, Jun 22 2015, 19:33:41)
           [GCC 4.6.3] on linux2
      Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
      >>> import wx
      >>> wx.version()
      '3.0.3.dev1836+f764b32 gtk2 (phoenix)'


Author :
   
    Damien Ruiz


I hope it helped,

Damien Ruiz

[Gregory Lemon]

Thank you so much. I've been beating my head on my keyboard for a week trying to figure this out.

This helped me get it running on Xubuntu 16.04 with Python3.

Thanks!!

(Now to try to get some sample code running in PyCharm.)