Can't import wxPython on OSX Lion with Python 2.7.3 installed via Homebrew

Question

I can't import wxPython on OSX Lion after installing wxPython from this package http://downloads.sourceforge.net/wxpython/wxPython2.9-osx-2.9.4.0-cocoa-py2.7.dmg .

I also tried to add wxPython directories to PYTHONPATH , but still, I cant import it. Installer created these folders:

/usr/local/lib/wxPython-2.9.4.0
/usr/local/lib/wxPython-unicode
/usr/local/lib/wxPython

I added them onto PYTHONPATH , but still no success. Still getting no module called wx .

When I tried to install it via pip ( pip install wx ), I was able to import wx , but unable to import wx.App() , wx.Frame() etc.

Any ideas?

Answer 1

I'm having a similar issue as you, but I was using homebrew and python brew and pip. I posted this in reddit: http://www.reddit.com/r/learnpython/comments/1063o1/wx_install_problems_os_x/

Apparently, wx is not the same as wxpython.

I used homebrew and installed wxmac instead to get it working.

It might help a little.

Answer 2

If you can import wx then it is working.

How are you trying to import App and Frame etc?

You only need to do

import wx
app= wx.App()

or if you do only want to import App and Frame then,

from wx import Frame, App
app = App()
frame = Frame(None)

Answer 3

1. brew install wxpython
2. launch python and type import site; site.getsitepackages() import site; site.getsitepackages() , you will get the site of site-packages, for example: '/Library/Python/2.7/site-packages'
3. cd /Library/Python/2.7/site-packages
4. ln -s /usr/local/Cellar/wxpython/3.0.2.0/lib/python2.7/site-packages/wx-3.0-osx_cocoa/wx wx