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