Installing wxWidgets and wxPython On Ubuntu Or Debian

Installing wxWidgets and wxPython On Ubuntu Or Debian

There are wxWidgets and wxPython packages in the standard software repositories for Debian and Ubuntu, but they are usually at least a few releases behind the current release, and in some cases many releases behind

install curl first

sudo apt-get install curl

curl http://apt.wxwidgets.org/key.asc | sudo apt-key add -

Ubuntu 12.04  precise

Find Out Linux Distribution Name and Version

$ cat /etc/*-release

Ubuntu 12.04 precise

edit /etc/apt/sources.list as below:

 # wxWidgets/wxPython repository at apt.wxwidgets.org
    deb http://apt.wxwidgets.org/ precise-wx main
    deb-src http://apt.wxwidgets.org/ precise-wx main

reprap host software Printrun & skeinforge

reprap host software Printrun & skeinforge

Before installing Printrun, make sure to install a few required libraries for both pronterface and skeinforge.

• Python
• pySerial
• wxPython
• Tkinter

Ubuntu

sudo apt-get install python python-serial python-wxgtk2.8 python-tk git-core

install pronterface first, then skeinforge inside your pronterface installation directory.