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Install wxPython 3.0.0.0 from source in virtualenv under Ubuntu linux

I want to install wxPython 3.0.0.0 in virtualenv under Ubuntu 14.04.
You can't do it using pip install.
I've read a lot of notes about installing wxPython from source, but they didn't help me. I've done the following steps: 

$ mkdir myenv
$ cd myenv
$ source bin/activate
(myenv)$ wget http://downloads.sourceforge.net/wxpython/wxPython-src-3.0.0.0.tar.bz2
(myenv)$ tar xjvf wxPython-src-3.0.0.0.tar.bz2

What should I do further? How should I execute (what options?) the ./configure, make and make install commands in wxPython-src-3.0.0.0 directory?

Solution

    1. Run ./configure - it will check whether you have all required tools and libs.
      Read all error messages and install missing elements.
      If you have all required elements then ./configure will create makefile.

    2. Run make - it wiil use makefile to compile wxPython.

    3. Run make install - it will use makefile to copy wxPython to the required directories.

    That's all.