Re: wxPython3 and wxPython4 (Phoenix)

On Thu, Feb 13, 2020 at 4:35 AM drednot57 <[email protected]> wrote:

> Is it possible for wxPython3 and wxPython4 to coexist in a single Linux
> distro?
> The creator of my distro replied on the forum about why wxPython4 is not
> available in the repos:
>
> wxPython 4 is not in the repo because there is nothing that depends on it.
>
> wxPython 4 requires a different python sip package which may break
> existing wxPython 3 and apps that depend on wxPython 3.
>
> wxPython 4 requires a special private sip library to be built.
>
> # wxPython upstream uses a private sip module, wx.siplib, and bundles the
> # siplib code.  It's not possible to build this siplib because the source
> code
> # for sipgen is not included.
>
> In summary wxPython 4 is a time consuming PITA to manufacture packages
> based on it at this time. I don't know how to tell you to build and install
> it.
>
> Is there a way to install wxPython4 without breaking wxPython3, and any
> app dependencies?
>
>
Use a different Python environment that doesn't clobber system-wide files.
For example, Anaconda Python is easy to install into a user's home folder
or into /opt and has a wxpython4 package ready to install and use.

--Matt

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