Add rule to Makefile to build wxPython

.gitignore

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ htmlcov
 package/
 src/msspec/results.txt
 *venv/
-**/*build/
+**/*build*/
 **/*dist/
 **/*.egg-info/
 .ropeproject

Makefile

@@ -1,43 +1,49 @@
 include src/options.mk
 
-PYTHON = python
-PYMAJ  = 3
-PYMIN  = 6
-
-# Checking Python path and version
-PYTHON_EXE := $(shell command -v $(PYTHON) 2> /dev/null)
-
-ifndef PYTHON_EXE
-  $(error Unable to find the $(PYTHON) executable!)
-endif
-
-ifeq ($(shell $(PYTHON_EXE) -c "import sys; exit(sys.version_info >= ($(PYMAJ),$(PYMIN)))"; echo $$?),0)
-   $(error Python version >= $(PYMAJ).$(PYMIN) is needed!)
-endif
-
 
 .PHONY: pybinding install devel venv doc clean
 
 
 pybinding:
-	@+. $(VENV_PATH)/bin/activate && $(MAKE) -C src pybinding
+	@+$(INSIDE_VENV) $(MAKE) -C src pybinding
 
 
 venv:
+ifeq ($(NO_VENV),0)
 	@virtualenv --python=$(PYTHON_EXE) --prompt="(msspec-$(VERSION)) " $(VENV_PATH)
-	@. $(VENV_PATH)/bin/activate && pip install --upgrade pip && pip install -r src/pip.freeze
+	@$(INSIDE_VENV) pip install --upgrade pip && pip install -r src/pip.freeze
+endif
 
 
-install: venv pybinding
+install: venv pybinding wx
-	@+. $(VENV_PATH)/bin/activate && $(MAKE) -C src sdist
+	@+$(INSIDE_VENV) $(MAKE) -C src sdist
-	@+. $(VENV_PATH)/bin/activate && $(MAKE) -C src frontend
+	@+$(INSIDE_VENV) $(MAKE) -C src frontend
-	@+. $(VENV_PATH)/bin/activate && pip install src/dist/msspec-$(VERSION).tar.gz
+	@+$(INSIDE_VENV) pip install src/dist/msspec-$(VERSION).tar.gz
 	@echo "Do not forget to check that $(INSTALL_PREFIX)/bin is set in your \$$PATH"
 
 
 devel: VENV_PATH = ./_venv
-devel: venv pybinding
+devel: venv pybinding wx
-	@. $(VENV_PATH)/bin/activate && pip install -e src/
+	@$(INSIDE_VENV) pip install -e src/
+
+
+wx:
+	@echo "Building wxPython for your `python --version` under Linux $(DISTRO_RELEASE)..."
+	# Create a folder to build wx into
+	@mkdir -p _build_wx
+	# download the wheel or the source if it cannot find a wheel
+	@$(INSIDE_VENV) cd _build_wx && pip download -f https://extras.wxpython.org/wxPython4/extras/linux/gtk3/$(DISTRO_RELEASE) wxPython
+	# Build the source if a tar.gz was downloaded
+	@$(INSIDE_VENV) cd _build_wx && \
+      if [ -e wxPython*.tar.gz ]; then \
+        tar -x --skip-old-files -vzf wxPython*.tar.gz; \
+        cd `ls -d wxPython*/`; \
+        pip install requests; \
+        python build.py dox etg --nodoc sip build bdist_wheel; \
+        ln -s `readlink -f dist/wxPython*.whl` ../; \
+      fi;
+	# Install the wheel
+	@$(INSIDE_VENV) cd _build_wx && pip install wxPython*.whl
 
 
 doc:

src/options.mk

@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
+PYTHON   = python
+PYMAJ    = 3
+PYMIN    = 6
+
 FC       = gfortran
 F2PY     = f2py3
 
+NO_VENV  = 0
 DEBUG    = 0
 VERBOSE  = 0
 BUILDDIR = ./build
@@ -40,6 +45,40 @@ F2PYFLAGS_DBG = --debug-capi --debug
 VERSION:=$(shell git describe|sed 's/-\([[:digit:]]\+\)-.*/\.post\1/')
 VENV_PATH := $(INSTALL_PREFIX)/src/msspec_venv_$(VERSION)
 
+
+# Checking Python path and version
+PYTHON_EXE := $(shell command -v $(PYTHON) 2> /dev/null)
+
+ifndef PYTHON_EXE
+  $(error Unable to find the $(PYTHON) executable!)
+endif
+
+ifeq ($(shell $(PYTHON_EXE) -c "import sys; exit(sys.version_info >= ($(PYMAJ),$(PYMIN)))"; echo $$?),0)
+   $(error Python version >= $(PYMAJ).$(PYMIN) is needed!)
+endif
+
+# Checking your distribution type and release
+LSB_RELEASE := $(shell command -v lsb_release 2> /dev/null)
+DISTRO_RELEASE =
+
+ifdef LSB_RELEASE
+  DISTRO_RELEASE = $(shell echo $(shell $(LSB_RELEASE) -s -i)-$(shell $(LSB_RELEASE) -s -r) | tr [:upper:] [:lower:] )
+endif
+
+ifndef DISTRO_RELEASE
+  $(warning Unable to guess your OS name and version)
+endif
+
+# Define the INSIDE_VENV variable
+ifeq ($(NO_VENV), 1)
+  INSIDE_VENV =
+else
+  INSIDE_VENV = . $(VENV_PATH)/bin/activate && 
+endif
+
+
+
+
 ifeq ($(VERBOSE),0)
   OUPUT_REDIRECTION := 1>/dev/null 2>/dev/null
   MAKEFLAGS = -s --no-print-directory

src/pip.freeze

@@ -9,5 +9,3 @@ pycairo
 scipy
 setuptools-scm
 terminaltables
-#wxPython@https://extras.wxpython.org/wxPython4/extras/linux/gtk3/debian-10/wxPython-4.1.0-cp37-cp37m-linux_x86_64.whl
-#wxPython@https://extras.wxpython.org/wxPython4/extras/linux/gtk3/debian-9/wxPython-4.0.7.post2-cp35-cp35m-linux_x86_64.whl