Install wxWidget in ubuntu:

in Ubuntu, wxWidget is wxGTK, use ubuntu's package manager : /sbin/synaptic
search wxWidget, list a lot of packages, choose - libwxgtk2.8-0.
and it shows some dependent packages:

• libc6-dev
• libwxbase2.8-0
• libwxbase2.8-dev
• libwxgtk2.8-0
• linux-libc-dev
• wx2.8-headers

no g++?
install g++ (ubuntu's default version is 24.1)
and it shows some dependent packages:

• libstdc++6-4.1-dev

After installation. check the wxWidget package (library and header) was installed in..

• /usr/lib/wx/include

TEST BUILD:

follow the instruction : http://wxwidgets.org/docs/tutorials/hello.htm
download the demo hello program : http://wxwidgets.org/docs/tutorials/hworld.txt
rename to hworld.cpp

then build :

g++ hworld.cpp `wx-config --libs` `wx-config --cxxflags` -o hworld

OK. try run the hworld..

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wx-config is a shell script, print out the wx's building environment.