python openvsp-xfoil collab installation

[Omer Kandemir]

Hi everyone,

I'm trying to create new python environment with openvsp and xfoil. My idea was to include xfoil in install_reqs of setup.py as follows:

install_requires=["numpy", "matplotlib","scipy","vtk","sympy","openpyxl","xfoil"]

Unfortunately xfoil library only works with python 3.7 and when I try to change the python version in environment.yml from 3.11 to 3.7 I get the following error:

 Building wheel for wxPython (setup.py) ... error

Has anyone tried this before and was able to successfully install it? 

Thank you for your answers in advance.

[Rob McDonald]

The wxPython requirement comes from vtk.  Depending on what you're doing, you might not actually need that.

I'd suggest you remove the vtk dependency and try again.

Rob

[Omer Kandemir]

Hi Rob,

Thank you for the quick reply. Unfortunately I'm using vtk too. When I try the installation with wxPython==4.0.4, the environment is initialized without errors. However, this version of  wxPython, neither spyder nor jupyter is working. 

[Rob McDonald]

I think you've identified this as not an OpenVSP problem.

Rob