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I have tried installing it using apt-get:

sudo apt-get install python-wxgtk3.0

But still when I run a py script with import wx it throws an error 'no module named wx' on Python 2.x and Python 3.x

I also tried installing it using pip:

pip install wxpython

which gives me an error saying failed building wheel for wxpython.

I also tried building wxpython from source.

but it shows a network error whenever I try to download the tar.gz file. I have unsuccesfully tried downloading it from multiple networks.

Please help.

Rohan Raj
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In Ubuntu 16.04 and later open the terminal and type:

sudo apt install python-wxgtk3.0 python-wxgtk3.0-dev

Then check if wx works in Python 2.x as follows:

$ python
>>> import wx

Example code

  1. Save the following code as wxPython-window.py

  2. Make it executable.

  3. Change directories using cd to the parent directory of wxPython-window.py

  4. Run the code with ./wxPython-window.py

    #!/usr/bin/python

    import wx
    
app = wx.App()
frame = wx.Frame(None, -1, 'win.py')
frame.Show()
app.MainLoop()
karel
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please check if you have all necessary libraries installed (here is a link for different OS like Ubuntu 16 Libs needed for wx)

# Install necessary development tools, libs, etc.
apt-get install -y build-essential dpkg-dev

apt-get install -y libgtk2.0-dev libgtk-3-dev
apt-get install -y libjpeg-dev libtiff-dev \
    libsdl1.2-dev libgstreamer-plugins-base0.10-dev \
    libgstreamer-plugins-base1.0-dev \
    libnotify-dev freeglut3 freeglut3-dev libsm-dev \
    libwebkitgtk-dev libwebkitgtk-3.0-dev libwebkit2gtk-4.0-dev \
    libxtst-dev
InLaw
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Press Ctrl+Alt+T and type the following:

sudo apt-get install python-wxtools
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