Hi,

I'm trying to use a writing program named Trelby on Debian Stretch, which uses wxWidegets 3.0.2.0, whereas Trelby uses version 2.8 (and it's not likely to be upgraded anytime soon).

Therefore when I launch the program, I get an error message about the invalid wxWidgets version.
Is there a way to install wxWidgets 2.8 on Stretch without creating conflicts with the other installed libraries?

Thanks.

just had a quick look at the source code. it's all python.
a quick guess off the top of my head: maybe it would work if you could force it to use python2 instead of python3.
there's no github project, but i guess you could look around the google group, maybe that q has been asked before: http://www.trelby.org/about#contact

i wouldn't know how to install 2 versions of wxwidgets side-by-side.

Hey this is a very interesting question.

If it would be me, I'd download the source for 2.8 and build it with the shared option. it might work to install it, but it should work to just copy or symlink the library files that the app needs to /usr/lib64.

Let us know what works.

This issue is twofold.

On the Trelby side, I found a 2.3 version for Debian which works with wxWidegets 3.0.2.0 and, for those who may care, can be downloaded at the following link:

https://14423655203786995260.googleg...NNkyeoHJpwx2FA

For those who use other distros, sources for Trelby can be found at:

https://github.com/oskusalerma/trelby/

Instruction for enabling newer libraries can be found at:

https://14423655203786995260.googleg...NNkyeoHJpwx2FA

However, remains the question of how to use different libraries on the same system, since the need might arise once in a while.
Many useful projects simply do not have the manpower to update their versions as fast as users would like them to.
I'm not sure, but I think Gentoo allows to do that.

Mill J, your solution of symlinking the deps seems interesting, I'll try it as soon as I can.

Anyway, I'll mark the thread as solved.