chris botos wrote:
>  Hi,
> 
>  I'm trying to get 2.8.10.1 up and running on a Solaris 10 x86 box, python 2.5.
> 
>  Following the BUILD instructions, and making a couple of adjustments,
>  I have been able to compile everything to the point where one of two
>  things happen, depending on some conditions.
> 
>  1) With LD_LIBRARY_PATH = /opt/wx/2.8/lib, and the
>  PYTHONPATH=/opt/wx/wxPython-src-2.8.10.1/wxPython:... I get the
>  following:
> 
>  Python 2.5 (r25:51908, Dec 20 2007, 16:09:34)
>  [GCC 3.4.3 (csl-sol210-3_4-branch+sol_rpath)] on sunos5
>  Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>    
> >>> import wx
> >>>         
>  Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
>   File "/opt/wx/wxPython-src-2.8.10.1/wxPython/wx/__init__.py", line
>  45, in <module>
>     from wx._core import *
>   File "/opt/wx/wxPython-src-2.8.10.1/wxPython/wx/_core.py", line 4, in <module>
>     import _core_
>  ImportError: ld.so.1: python2.5: fatal: libiconv.so.2: open failed: No
>  such file or directory
>    
> 
>  2) If I add the location of libiconv.so.2, so that  LD_LIBRARY_PATH =
>  /opt/wx/2.8/lib:/usr/local/lib and repeat the above, wx seems to
>  import without error.
>  However, when I try to create an app, as follows, the system hangs, is
>  unresponsive, and I am stuck.
> 
>    
> >>> import wx
> >>> app = wx.PySimpleApp()
> >>>         
> 
>  ----------
>  To get to this point, the first thing I did was upgrade to GTK+-2.12.0
>  and dependencies from sunfreeware.com, installed in /usr/local.
>  I've tried a number of variations of the BUILD instructions' parameters.
>  In those cases where the build was completed without apparent error,
>  my procedure has been:
> 
>  setenv LD_LIBRARY_PATH /usr/local/lib
>  setenv PKG_CONFIG_PATH /usr/local/lib/pkgconfig
> 
>  Create .configure and .make in $WXDIR/bld :
>  ../configure    --prefix=/opt/wx/2.8 >         --with-gtk >         --with-opengl >       
  --with-gnomeprint >          --enable-optimize >         --enable-debug_flag >         --en
able-geometry >          --enable-graphics_ctx >         --enable-sound --with-sdl >         
--enable-mediactrl >          --enable-display >         --enable-unicode >
>  gmake $* >     && gmake -C contrib/src/gizmos $* >     && gmake -C contrib/src/stc $*
> 
>  Then execute:
>  .config
>  .make
>  .make install
>  cd ../wxPython
>  gedit config.py ---> Uncomment the recommended block of code for Solaris
>  python2.5 setup.py build_ext --inplace
>  --include-dirs="/usr/X11R6/include" --force
>          (without the include, there was a compile error)
> 
>  Then I try the experiments from 1 and 2 above.
> 
>  I'd appreciate any help or suggestions.
> 
>  Chris Botos
>  ____________________

Are you actually trying to run wx from within IDLE? While I don't run 
Solaris, I have seen IDLE behave badly (especially the Tk GUI version of 
IDLE) when I try to run wx interactively  like that. In fact, IDLE will 
either hang, die or spit out a traceback.

- Mike
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