[wxPython-dev] Building wxWidgets + wxPython 2.9

[Robin Dunn]

Gareth Simpson wrote:
> Is there an updated version of the build instructions for wxPython 2.9 ?

Not yet.

> 
> I did manage to get this going many moons ago by following the 2.8 
> instructions, but that was when everything was in CVS and, I think, a 
> single repository.
> 
> Now I can't figure out for the life of me how to make it work. 
> 
> My C++ has all been done in VC (and lately XCode) so I have no clue how 
> to diagnose let alone fix makefile problems.

There have been some changes, but nothing too major.  For the most part 
it is basically the same as before.  As you've noticed the wx and 
wxPython trees are separate now, but the wxPython part of the build 
should work if you put the wxPython source tree in the old position or 
if it is a sibling dir to the wxWidgets dir.  In other words, it can 
either be:

	.../wxWidgets
	.../wxWidgets/wxPython

or:

	.../wxWidgets
	.../wxPython

Or you can set an WXDIR environment variable to tell wxPython where the 
wx source tree is at.

The other big change that will alter the build instructions is that you 
don't need to build the contribs libs any more, stc has been moved into 
the core source tree, and gizmos has its own copy of the needed C++ 
code.  So you can ignore all the stuff about the contribs and just use 
plain make and make install.


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Robin Dunn
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