Installing wxpython on ubuntu 14.04

Question

When I try to open PlayOnLinux from the commandline, I get this error:

Looking for python... 2.7.8 - selected
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "mainwindow.py", line 31, in <module>
    import wxversion
ImportError: No module named wxversion

Nearly every forum post I have found has suggested I install wxPython, then links here or to some other wxpython wiki page. Unfortunately, the entire wxpython wiki website currently says "wxPyWiki is down for troubleshooting" right now.

I found this StackOverflow question, which is basically the same as mine. I tried all the lower-voted comments, and they all appear to work, but import wx still fails. When I tried the top-rated comment in that thread, I got to step 7 successfully, but then it says

In file included from scr/helpers.cpp:16:0:
include/wx/wxPython/wxPython_int.h:19:19: fatal error: wx/wx.h: No such file or directory
#include <wx/wx.h>

compilation terminated

If anyone has any suggestions for how I can properly install wxPython on Ubuntu, they would be greatly appreciated.

EDIT: sudo pip install wxPython tells me it's already installed ("Requirement already satisfied") and suggests I use --upgrade. It's not installed, import wx still fails.

EDIT: sudo apt-get install wxpython gives the error Unable to locate package wxpython

EDIT: I tried sudo apt-get install python-wxglade and it appeared to work, but playonlinux still gives the same error and import wx still fails.

EDIT: I tried uninstalling and reinstalling playonlinux and python-wxversion. Both remove/install appeared successful, but I still get the same No module named wxversion error.

EDIT: I tried the solutions posted here (except for reinstalling the OS). They did not work. I'd rather not reinstall Ubuntu.

Solution 1

Before that install gtk3

$ sudo apt-get install libgtk-3-dev

If you are facing problem to install wxpython on Python3 please use this command to install wxpython

$ pip install -U -f https://extras.wxpython.org/wxPython4/extras/linux/gtk3/ubuntu-16.04 wxPython

By this command you can install latest wxPython4 version. If you are using Windows or macOS

$ pip install -U wxpython

If you are using Anaconda/Conda

$ conda install -C anaconda wxpython

Solution 2

All you need is:

sudo apt-get install python-wxgtk3.0

Solution 3

The answer about installing "python-wxgtk2.8" is correct. But that's if you want to install 2.8, if you want 3.0 in 14.04, you can get it by following this post. I have done that, and have wx 3.0 installed.

Comments

[wugology]

I used sudo apt-get install python-wxglade and it appeared to work, but playonlinux still gives the same error and import wx still fails.

[Adam Hughes]

This answer will work unless you are trying to isntall to virtual environment/secondary python directory.

[Toluene]

The link is broken.

[Toluene]

This package no longer exists and was replaced by version 3.0.

[nukeguy]

Didn't work for me. Python-wxgtk3.0 successfully installed but PlayOnLinux still cannot import wxversion

[Tung]

This method doesn't work anymore for either Trusty 14.04 or Mint 17. Try this instead (ref) sudo add-apt-repository ppa:adamwolf/kicad-trusty-backports | sudo apt-get update | sudo apt-get install libwxgtk3.0-dev python-wxgtk3.0-dev

[Reijo Korhonen]

I needed wxPython for python3, because nowdays python2.7 seems to be deprecared with modern python libraries like tensorflow. I got wxPython to Ubuntu 14.04 with hint of this answer sudo apt-get install libgtk-3-dev && sudo pip3 install wxPython It took some time to compile, but succeeded.