FS#70922 - Scripting in Pcbnew broken due to python-wxpython issue (temporary workaround)

Attached to Project: Community Packages
Opened by Ilya (EvilMav) - Monday, 17 May 2021, 19:19 GMT
Last edited by Andreas Radke (AndyRTR) - Tuesday, 08 June 2021, 05:28 GMT
Task Type Bug Report
Category Packages
Status Closed
Assigned To Morten Linderud (Foxboron)
Filipe Laíns (FFY00)
Architecture All
Severity Low
Priority Normal
Reported Version
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 1
Private No

Details

Description:
Pcbnew scripting console and external plugins fail with:
```
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<string>", line 5, in <module>
File "/usr/share/kicad/scripting/kicad_pyshell/__init__.py", line 230, in makePcbnewShellWindow
pyshell = PcbnewPyShell(parent, id=-1, title=INTRO)
File "/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/wx/py/editor.py", line 265, in __init__
EditorFrame.__init__(self, parent, id, title, pos,
File "/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/wx/py/editor.py", line 29, in __init__
frame.Frame.__init__(self, parent, id, title, pos, size, style)
File "/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/wx/py/frame.py", line 69, in __init__
wx.Frame.__init__(self, parent, id, title, pos, size, style)
wx._core.PyNoAppError: The wx.App object must be created first!
```

This is due to issue with python-wxpython 4.1.1-1 incompatibility with wxWidgets-3.0.5 still in the repos. See bug https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/70908.
As a workaround, downgrade to python-wxpython 4.0.7.2-5 fixes the kicad issue.

(Crosspost to make it findable for kicad users struggling as I did)
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Closed by  Andreas Radke (AndyRTR)
Tuesday, 08 June 2021, 05:28 GMT
Reason for closing:  Fixed
Additional comments about closing:  Package was just downgraded to 4.0.7.

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