I am trying to begin a new python GUI application and I have decided to use wxPython as GUI because I want a multi-platform one.
The problem is that I want to use virtualenv ( with virtualenvwrapper ) to isolate the environment and be able to reproduce it in other machines where I will work, but i cannot install wxPython.
I have it installed in my ubuntu machine via apt-get but that is not enough
I have searched the web for a solution and i have found ...
This page http://batok.github.com/virtualenvwxp/ where it is explained a way to hack the virtualenv environment to use the local installation of wxPython. Not the best solution, but it would be a good workaround. The problem is that it is explained for Mac, and I couldnt make it work in my ubuntu.
Also found this page Installing wxPython in virtualenv under Linux where someone ask something similar. I have tried to build wxPython that way with no success.
Any help would be appreciated.
In the end, I have choose wxPython beacuse it is multiplatform and i can use it without license problems, but as i have not started yet i can change my mind if there is another easier to install framework.
Thanks In advance
20110925: Sorry for the delay and thanks for the answers. I just have tried to install wxpython using buildout and the links given here, but i still have the same problem. It seems as if I need libgtk2.0-dev package to be able to compile wxpython...
So there is any way to install this package locally to the buildout environment?
Thanks again.
At the end I could not resolve this problem.
I want to create a reproducible python environment with all the requirements inside using buildout and/or virtualenv so I could work in any linux system with just virtualenv, python and a C++ compiler installed.
It seems that the only way to do this is to use buildout cmmi recipes to download and build wxpython and ALL its dependencies. This is a really painful way, and I have no time now.
I have decided to use a workaround: I am going to work on my ubuntu laptop most of the time, so I have installed wxpython from the repositories and use a wx.pth file to make it available to the virtual environment.
This is not a good solution, but seems the best till now ... so if someone knows any better solution please let me know.
When my python project is more mature, I will turn again to this problem and I will probably try the hard way ...
Thanks for all your answers and comments.