Lintel Technologies: How to install wxpython

In this post we will go over the topic of easy way to install wxpython. The following command will install wxpython easily in python3.

pip install wxpython

Python 2

Older versions of wxpython can be installed by downloading binaries (for windows) from sourceforge . The binaries are available for both Windows and MacOS.

Linux

The pip install command should work on linux also. However, if you are stuck on old linux vesions. You can try installing wxpython using your distro’s package manager like apt-get or yum. You can search for exact version and package name available on your platform using the following commands for debian variants.

apt-cache search wxpython

┌──(kali㉿kali)-[~]
└─$ apt-cache search wxpython
gnumed-client - medical practice management - Client
psychopy - environment for creating psychology stimuli in Python
pyscanfcs - scientific tool for perpendicular line scanning FCS
python3-genx - differential evolution algorithm for fitting
python3-opengl - Python bindings to OpenGL (Python 3)
python3-pyface - traits-capable windowing framework
python3-squaremap - wxPython control to display hierarchic data as nested squares
python3-wxgtk-media4.0 - Python 3 interface to the wxWidgets Cross-platform C++ GUI toolkit (wx.media)
python3-wxgtk-webview4.0 - Python 3 interface to the wxWidgets Cross-platform C++ GUI toolkit (wx.html2)
python3-wxgtk4.0 - Python 3 interface to the wxWidgets Cross-platform C++ GUI toolkit
soundgrain - Graphical interface to control granular sound synthesis modules
wxglade - GUI designer written in Python with wxPython
wxpython-tools - Tools from the wxPython distribution

Successful installation

Use the following command to check if the installation is successful or not.

PS C:\Users\godson> python
Python 3.8.6 (tags/v3.8.6:db45529, Sep 23 2020, 15:52:53) [MSC v.1927 64 bit (AMD64)] on win32
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> import wx
>>> wx.version()
'4.1.1 msw (phoenix) wxWidgets 3.1.5'
>>>

As shown above it should print current version of wxpython installed if the installation is successful.

A more extensive tutorial is available here

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