All, So after blundering around this seems to be the way to do it on Intel sudo port install wxWidgets edit the Portfile to include configure.ldflags -L${build.dir}/lib sudo port -f install wxWidgets which then works sudo port -f install py-wxpython voila all seems to work I am not sure of the reasons for the various problems but the installation of previous versions and some fink interaction may have been contributors. Having a G4 working definitely helped me debug. Thanks Nigel ______________________________________________________________________ This email has been scanned by the MessageLabs Email Security System. For more information please visit http://www.messagelabs.com/email ______________________________________________________________________