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How to fix SPE; It is broken
Topic Started: Jan 23 2008, 06:11 PM (383 Views)
techwizrd Jan 23 2008, 06:11 PM Post #1
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 SPE is a very nice, simple, but powerful Python IDE and is the choice of many professionals and hobbyists alike. Recently, Ubuntu/Debian users have been running into a little problem. SPE 0.8.2.a automatically selects version 2.8 of wxPython instead of version 2.6 and as a result fails. SPE does not support wxPython 2.8 yet and this is a significant problem because Blender3d uses it. I found a simple fix for it. Until the Debian packagers un-orphan the spe package, just follow my simple instructions.

1. Press Alt+F2. This starts the Run Application program. It should look like this:
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2. Copy 'gksudo gedit /usr/share/pycentral/spe/site-packages/_spe/SPE.py' (without the quotes of course)

3. Paste it in the Run Application program like this:
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4. Click the Run button.

5. A new Text Editor window should open like this (click the thumb to view full size):
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6. Find 'wxversion.ensureMinimal(WX_VERSION)' and highlight it like this (click the thumb to view full size):
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7. Copy and Paste 'wxversion.select(['2.5.4','2.5.5','2.6'])' in its place like this (click the thumb to view full size):
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8. Save the file and close Text Editor.

9. open up a terminal and copy and paste (Shift+Insert) 'spe --debug'. Press Enter. The resulting SPE windows should be closed. Then just open SPE normally from your menu.
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