[yt-users] solution to wxPython installation problem

[Michael Kuhlen]

I just installed yt 1.6 (stable branch) for the first time. I ran
into some trouble with the wxPython installation. I realize that it's an
optional component, but since I found a solution to my problem,
I thought I'd share it here.

I'm installing yt on an x86_64 machine running Ubuntu 9.04,
2.6.28-18. The error I got during the wxPython installation was:

src/gtk/_gdi_wrap.cpp:31407: error: ‘class wxGraphicsRenderer’ has no 
member named ‘CreateBitmap’

Some googling revealed this:

http://groups.google.com/group/wxPython-users/browse_thread/thread/129ba27e2f868c3c

Applying the patch discussed at the end of that thread allowed
the compilation of wxPython to complete successfully. To be more
specific, you need to add this one line

     wxGraphicsBitmap CreateBitmap( const wxBitmap &bitmap ) const { 
return wxNullGraphicsBitmap; }

after line 4197 in the file
$YT_DIR/src/wxPython-src-2.8.10.1/wxPython/src/gtk/_gdi_wrap.cpp.


Might be worth including this patch in the version of wxPython
that is downloaded from yt.enzotools.org.

Mike

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