Re: wxPython3 and wxPython4 (Phoenix)

On Thu, 13 Feb 2020, drednot57 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?

Yes, it is possible!  Debian & Ubuntu have both wxPython3 (Python 2) and 
wxPython4 (Python 3) right now, although wxPython3 will be removed soon. 
If you wanted to install a Python 2 version of wxPython4 at the same time 
as wxPython3, that might be more problematic, but I don't know why you 
would want that.

It is also possible to unbundle the copy of sip that wxPython4 provides. 
I am doing that in both Debian and Fedora, although in different ways in 
each.

Which distribution are you using?

Scott

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