Python wx package doesn't supply the wx library in a location where python finds it

[Ketil]

Python can't find wx, even though it's installed. Here's a sample session showing the problem:

 user@ubuntu:~$ echo $PYTHONPATH

 user@ubuntu:~$ python
 Python 2.7.3 (default, Sep 26 2012, 21:53:58)
 [GCC 4.7.2] on linux2
 Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
 >>> import wx
 Traceback (most recent call last):
   File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
 ImportError: No module named wx
 >>>
 user@ubuntu:~$ PYTHONPATH=$PYTHONPATH:/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/wx-2.8-gtk2-unicode python
 Python 2.7.3 (default, Sep 26 2012, 21:53:58)
 [GCC 4.7.2] on linux2
 Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
 >>> import wx
 >>>

I have to manually specify the path to the wx package, otherwise it's not found.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10
Package: python-wxgtk2.8 2.8.12.1-11ubuntu3.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-21.32-generic 3.5.7.1
Uname: Linux 3.5.0-21-generic i686
ApportVersion: 2.6.1-0ubuntu9
Architecture: i386
Date: Thu Dec 20 15:44:41 2012
InstallationDate: Installed on 2010-10-25 (787 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04.1 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release i386 (20100816.1)
MarkForUpload: True
ProcEnviron:
 SHELL=/bin/bash
 TERM=xterm
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
SourcePackage: wxwidgets2.8
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to quantal on 2012-12-20 (0 days ago)

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Rolf Leggewie (r0lf)]

I ran into the same issue and was able to fix it with "sudo aptitude reinstall python-wxgtk2.8 python-wxversion" Can you please confirm this addresses the issue? Then we can dig deeper into what needs to be done to have this fixed properly in the archive.