[wxPython-dev] compile problems

[Robin Dunn]

Michele Petrazzo wrote:
> Hi list,
> I'm trying to make some test for modify and build the richtext
> extension, but I find a lot of problems when I try to recreate the .py
> and the .cpp with swig (I think). All the process seem to work, but when
> I use the new extension created, I receive an error:
> 
>  >>> import wx
>  >>> import wx.richtext
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "<stdin>", line 1, in ?
>   File 
> "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/wx-2.8-gtk2-unicode/wx/richtext.py", 
> line 578, in ?
>     class wxRichTextCtrl(_windows.wxScrolledWindow):
> AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'wxScrolledWindow'
> 
> 
> also if I try to compile the richtext.i without modifications, so I
> think that this is a compile/generating problem. So what are the right
> commands to do for compile wxpyhon?

1. Are you using swig 1.3.29 with my patches applied?  See 
wxPython/SWIG/README.txt

2. You should just use setup.py to build and install the wxPython 
extension modules, including letting it run swig for you.  See 
wxPython/docs/BUILD.txt


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Robin Dunn
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