[wxPython-users] `import wx.media' failed with an `undefined symbol' error

[Robin Dunn]

Save Chai wrote:
> Hi all,
> It may be an installation problem.
> I compiled wxPython 2.6.3.2.1 for python2.3 from source which was
> fetched via `apt-get source python-wxgtk2.6'. Yes, I'm using Debian
> sid (uptodate). The options to configure are:
> =

> ../configure --prefix=3D/usr                \
>                 --cache-file=3D$(config_cache)        \
>                 --with-flavour=3D$(DEBIAN_WXFLAVOUR)    \
>                 --with-gtk                \
>                 --with-opengl                \
>                 --with-gnomeprint            \
>                 --with-zlib=3Dsys                \
>                 --with-libjpeg=3Dsys            \
>                 --with-libpng=3Dsys            \
>                 --with-libtiff=3Dsys            \
>                 --enable-unicode            \
>                 --enable-mediactrl            \
>                 --enable-display            \
>                 --disable-reserved_virtual
> =

> I added `--enable-mediactrl' and `--enable-display' options besides
> the default setting of Debian package to enable wx.media. After the
> long compiling and installation wait, I tried the following commands,
> but no luck:
>>>> import wx.media
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>  File "<stdin>", line 1, in ?
>  File =

> "/usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/wx-2.6-gtk2-unicode/wx/media.py", line
> 8, in ?
>    import _media
> ImportError: =

> /usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/wx-2.6-gtk2-unicode/wx/_media.so:
> undefined symbol: wxEVT_MEDIA_LOADED

The problem is that the wx_gtk2u_media-2.6 lib is not specified when =

linking the _media extension.  (This is not a problem with the =

monolithic builds that I usually do since the media classes are included =

in the core library then.)  The attached patch should fix it for you.


-- =

Robin Dunn
Software Craftsman
http://wxPython.org  Java give you jitters?  Relax with wxPython!

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