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Seto
Seto

Reputation: 1646

Couldn't install classic wxPython 2.8.12.1 on macOS High Sierra 10.13.2

I use Python 2.7.14 with pyenv

I try to run Ride IDE for Robotframework on macOS. I successfully install Ride with pip:

pip install robotframework-ride

But when I run ride.py I get error like this:

wxPython not found.
You need to install wxPython 2.8.12.1 with unicode support to run RIDE.
wxPython 2.8.12.1 can be downloaded from http://sourceforge.net/projects/wxpython/files/wxPython/2.8.12.1/

I download wxPyhton from the link, but the installation failed.

install wxPyhton failed

The installer from this link works, but that's not the version that I'm looking for.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 862

Answers (1)

Helio
Helio

Reputation: 3737

There is a problem on some newer versions of macOS that complaint about security or file corruption of the package. Maybe in your case the extracted files were "quarantined", so it cannot complete the installation.

From the official Wiki there are some restrictions on having to run python in 32-bit mode. Also the BUILD.rest file mentions some macOS options about 32-bit mode.

I have a fork from the original project, and some releases that work with new wxPython versions. There is also the development branch python3, where I am trying to fix some bugs, mostly created by the changes in newest wxPython. You can install with:

sudo -H pip install -r https://github.com/HelioGuilherme66/RIDE/raw/python3/requirements.txt
sudo -H pip install -U https://github.com/HelioGuilherme66/RIDE/archive/python3.zip

(but be aware that it may have some bugs, including crashes)

We have a #ride channel on our Slack see Robot Framework support page on how to get the link.

Upvotes: 1

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