title: Installing wxPython on Ubuntu 12.04
body: <p><strong>The Issue:</strong> I am having trouble installing wxPython on Ubuntu 12.04. <em>I would like to find a simple, straightforward way of doing this.</em></p>
  
  <p><strong>What I've Done So Far:</strong> The most relevant instructions that I have been able to find so far can be found here: <a href="http://wiki.wxpython.org/InstallingOnUbuntuOrDebian" rel="noreferrer">http://wiki.wxpython.org/InstallingOnUbuntuOrDebian</a></p>
  
  <p>The issue with these instructions is that there is no choice available for Precise 12.04. The most up-to-date distro shown is Natty 11.4. From what I can find, the proper way to do this is to manually build debian packages, which is explained here: <a href="http://wiki.wxpython.org/BuildingDebianPackages" rel="noreferrer">http://wiki.wxpython.org/BuildingDebianPackages</a></p>
  
  <p>Upon attempting this and finally typing the command 'fakeroot debian/rules binary', I get the errors:</p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>debian/rules:14: /usr/share/quilt/quilt.make: No such file or directory<br>
    pyversions: missing X(S)-Python-Version in control file, fall back to debian/pyversions<br>
    pyversions: missing debian/pyversions file, fall back to supported versions<br>
    make: *** No rule to make target `/usr/share/quilt/quilt.make'.  Stop.</p>
  </blockquote>
  
  <p>I cannot seem to fix this error, or find any other applicable resources that work for me. I would post more links here, but since I am new, the spam filter is blocking me from doing so.</p>
  
  <p><strong>Conclusion: <em>Does someone know a simple solution to properly installing wxPython on Ubuntu 12.04 Precise?</em></strong></p>
  
  <p><strong>Update:</strong> I tried just simply using the apt-get command 'sudo apt-get install python-wxgtk2.8', and I received this (which seems good):</p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>Reading package lists... Done<br>
    Building dependency tree<br><br>
    Reading state information... Done<br>
    python-wxgtk2.8 is already the newest version.<br>
    The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:<br>
    language-pack-zh-hans yaml-cpp language-pack-kde-en language-pack-kde-zh-hans language-pack-kde-en-base language-pack-zh-hans-base language-pack-kde-zh-hans-base<br>
    Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.<br>
    0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 173 not upgraded.</p>
  </blockquote>
  
  <p>But once I attempt to run something, ie 'python test_gui.py', I get the following error:</p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>Traceback (most recent call last):<br>
    File "test_gui.py", line 1, in <br>
      import wx<br>
    ImportError: No module named wx</p>
  </blockquote>