Re: wxPython3 and wxPython4 (Phoenix)

On 2/13/20 2:35 AM, 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?
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At the moment that is very easy using OpenSuse 15.0 or OpenSuse 15.1.  
The distro has both python 2.7 and python 3.6 installed.  And both 
wxPython 3.x and wxPython 4.x are available using YAST.

Johnf

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