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Building wxPython on Win32
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Building wxPython for use on win32 systems is a fairly simple process
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consisting of just a few steps. However depending on where you get
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your sources from and what your desired end result is, there are
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several permutations of those steps. At a high level the basic steps
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are:
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1. Get the wxWindows sources
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2. Build the wxWindows DLL
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3. Get the wxPython sources
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4. Build and Install wxPython
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We'll go into more detail of each of these steps below, but first a
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few bits of background information on tools.
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I use a tool called SWIG (http://www.swig.org) to help generate the
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C++ sources used in the wxPython extension module. However you don't
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need to have SWIG unless you want to modify the *.i files. If you do
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you'll want to have version 1.1-883 of SWIG and you'll need to change
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a flag in the setup.py script as described below.
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I use the new Python Distutils tool to build wxPython. It is included
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with Python 2.0, but if you want to use Python 1.5.2 or 1.6 then
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you'll need to download and install Distutils 1.0 from
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http://www.python.org/sigs/distutils-sig/
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I use Microsoft Visual C++ 6.0 (5.0 with the service packs should work
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also) to compile the wxPython C++ sources. Since I am using Distutils
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it should be easier now to build with other win32 compilers such as
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the free mingw32 or Borland compilers, but I havn't tried them yet.
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If anybody wants to try it I'll take any required patches for the
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setup script and for these instructions.
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And now on to the fun stuff...
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1. Get the wxWindows sources
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A. There are a few possible ways to get sources for wxWindows. You
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can download a released version from http://wxwindows.org/ or you
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can get current development sources from the CVS server. (Some
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information about annonymous CVS access is at
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http://wxwindows.org/cvs.htm.) The advantage of using CVS is that
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you can easily update as soon as the developers check in new
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sources or fixes. The advantage of using a released version is
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that it usually has had more testing done. You can decide which
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method is best for you.
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B. You'll usually want to use wxWindows sources that have the same
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version number as the wxPython sources you are using. (Another
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advantage of using CVS is that you'll get both at the same time.)
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C. Once you get the sources be sure to put them in a path without a
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space in it (i.e., NOT c:\Program Files\wx) and set an environment
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variable named WXWIN to this directory. For example:
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mkdir \wx2
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cd \wx2
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unzip wxMSW-2.2.2.zip
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set WXWIN=c:\wx2
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You'll probably want to add that last line to your autoexec.bat or
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System Properties depending on the type of system you are on.
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D. Change to the wx2\include\wx\msw directory and copy setup0.h to
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setup.h and then edit setup.h. This is how you control which parts
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of wxWindows are compiled into or left out of the build, simply by
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turning options on or off. At a minimum you should set the
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following:
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wxUSE_NEW_GRID 1
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wxUSE_GLOBAL_MEMORY_OPERATORS 0
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wxUSE_LIBTIFF 1
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wxDIALOG_UNIT_COMPATIBILITY 0
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I also turn off the following as they are not currently used in
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wxPython. There are probably others that can be turned off to
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help save space, but I havn't investigated all the potential
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configurations yet. Please note that wxPython doesn't (yet) check
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these flags for its own build, so if you turn off something that
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wxPython expects then you'll get link errors later on.
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wxUSE_DIALUP_MANAGER 0
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wxUSE_DYNLIB_CLASS 0
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wxUSE_DOC_VIEW_ARCHITECTURE 0
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wxUSE_PLOT 0
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wxUSE_POSTSCRIPT_ARCHITECTURE_IN_MSW 0
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** NEW **
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Be sure that wxUSE_GLCANVAS is defined to be 0 as wxPython now
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keeps its own copy of the glcanvas sources and expects that it is
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not in the main library. This is done to reduce the number of
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dependant DLLs on the core library and therefore help reduce
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startup time.
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2. Build the wxWindows DLL
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A. Although MSVC project files are provided I always use the makefiles
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to build wxWindows because by default the flags are compatible with
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Python, (and I make sure they stay that way.) You would have to
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edit the project files a bit to make it work otherwise.
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B. There are three different types of wxWindows DLLs that can be
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produced by the VC makefile simply by providing a flag on the nmake
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command-line, I call the three types DEBUG, FINAL, and HYBRID.
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(The last one is brand new, you'll need my version of the 2.2.2
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sources to get the HYBRID capability.) Here are some more details:
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DEBUG Specified with "FINAL=0" and produces a DLL named
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wx[version]d.dll. This DLL is compiled with full
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debugging information and with the __WXDEBUG__ set which
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enables some debugging-only code in wxWindows such as
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assertions and failure log messages. The /MDd flag is
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used which means that it is linked with the debugging
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version of the C runtime library and also that you must
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use the debugging version of Python, (python_d.exe and
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pythonXX_d.dll) which also means that all extensions
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loaded by Python should also have the _d in the name.
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With this option you can use the MSVC debugger to trace
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though the Python interpreter, as well as the code for the
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wxPython extension and the wxWindows DLL.
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FINAL Specified with "FINAL=1" and produces a DLL named
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wx[version].dll. This DLL is compiled with optimizations
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turned on and without debugging information and without
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__WXDEBUG__. The /MD flag is used which means that you
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can use this version with the standard python.exe. This
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is the version that I use when making the binary installer
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for win32.
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HYBRID Specified with "FINAL=hybrid" and produces a DLL named
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wx[version]h.dll. This DLL is almost the same as the
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DEBUG version except the /MD flag is used which means that
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you can use the standard python.exe but you still get the
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debugging info and the __WXDEBUG__ code enabled. With the
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debugger you can trace through the the code for the
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wxPython extension and the wxWindows DLL, but not the
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Python interpreter. You might use this version when you
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want to deploy a wxPython app with the __WXDEBUG__ code
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enabled. I use this mode most of the time during
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development simply because it's easier than having to
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remember to type python_d all the time.
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Since different DLL names and object file directories are used you
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can build all three types if you like.
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C. Change to the wx2\src\msw directory and type the following command,
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using the value for FINAL that you want:
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nmake -f makefile.vc dll pch FINAL=hybrid
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Your machine will then crunch away for possibly a long time,
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depending on your hardware, and when it's done you should have a
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DLL and some library files in \wx2\lib.
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D. You'll either need to add \wx2\lib to the PATH or copy the DLL file
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to a directory already on the PATH so the DLL can be found at runtime.
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E. You can test your build by changing to one of the directories under
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\wx2\samples or \wx2\demos and typing (using the right FINAL flag):
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nmake -f makefile.vc FINAL=hybrid WXUSINGDLL=1
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and then executing the resulting .exe file.
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3. Get the wxPython sources
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A. You have the same options (and same advantages/disadvantages) for
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getting the wxPython source, either a released snapshot or from
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CVS. The released version file is named wxPython-[version].tar.gz
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and is available at http://wxpython.org/download.php. You can use
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WinZip to unpack it if you don't have tar and gzip. If you want to
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use CVS you'll find wxPython in the wxWindows CVS tree (see above)
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in the wxWindows/wxPython directory.
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4. Build and Install wxPython
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A. As mentioned previouslly, wxPython is built with the standard
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Python Distutils tool. If you are using Python 2.0c1 or later you
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are all set, otherwise you need to download and install Distutils
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1.0 from http://www.python.org/sigs/distutils-sig/.
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B. Change to the root wxPython directory and look at the setup.py
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file. This is the script that configures and defines all the
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information that Distutils needs to build wxPython. There are some
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options near the begining of the script that you may want or need
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to change based on what options you have selected up to this point,
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(type of DLL built, sources from tar.gz or from CVS, etc.) You can
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either change these flags directly in setup.py or supply them on
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the command-line.
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BUILD_GLCANVAS Set to zero if you don't want to build the
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Open GL canvas extension module.
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BUILD_OGL Set to zero if you don't want to build the
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Object Graphics Library extension module.
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BUILD_STC Set to zero if you don't want to build the
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wxStyledTextCtrl (the Scintilla wrapper)
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extension module.
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USE_SWIG If you have edited any of the *.i files you
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will need to set this flag to non-zero so SWIG
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will be executed to regenerate the wrapper C++
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and shadow python files.
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IN_CVS_TREE If you are using the CVS version of the
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wxWindows and wxPython sources then you will
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need to set this flag to non-zero. This is
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needed because some source files from the
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wxWindows tree are copied to be under the
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wxPython tree in order to keep Distutils happy.
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With this flag set then setup.py will
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automatically keep these copied sources up to
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date if the original version is ever updated.
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If you are using the tar.gz version of the
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Python sources then these copied sources are
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already present in your source tree.
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C. To build and install wxPython you simply need to execute the
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setup.py script. If you have more than one version of Python
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installed, be sure to execute setup.py with the version you want to
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build wxPython for.
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Depending on what kind of wxWindows DLL you built there are
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different command-line parameters you'll want to pass to setup (in
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addition to possibly one or more of the above):
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FINAL: python setup.py install
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DEBUG: python setup.py build --debug install
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HYBRID: python setup.py HYBRID=1 install
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D. At this point you should be able to change into the wxPython\demo
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directory and run the demo:
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python demo.py
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E. If you would like to make a test build that doesn't overwrite the
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installed version of wxPython you can do so with one of these
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commands instead of the install command above:
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FINAL: python setup.py build_ext --inplace
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DEBUG: python setup.py build_ext --debug --inplace
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HYBRID: python setup.py HYBRID=1 build_ext --inplace
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This will build the wxPython package in the local wxPython
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directory instead of installing it under your Python installation.
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To run using this test version just add the base wxPython source
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directory to the PYTHONPATH:
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set PYTHONPATH=c:\wx2\wxPython
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cd c:\wx2\wxPython\demo
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python demo.py
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That's all folks!
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robin@alldunn.com
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