Psychopy builder does not start on Ubuntu

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Hi,
I have been following this guide to install psychopy 2022.1.4 on Ubuntu 22.04. (How to install PsychoPy 2022.1.4 on Ubuntu 22.04)

OS 22.04
PsychoPy version (e.g. 2022.1.4 Py 3.8):
Standard Standalone Installation? (y/n) If not then what?: pip
Do you want it to also run online? (y/n) n
What are you trying to achieve?: Install Psychopy on Ubuntu

What did you try to make it work?: Tried different steps in the above mentioned guide and am trying to open the builder by running either:

psychopy --builder &

or

python PATH_TO_APP/psychopyApp.py

in the command line.

Link to the most relevant existing thread you have found:

What specifically went wrong when you tried that?:
With the first I get something like [1] 61983, with the second command nothing happens.

There is no error and nothing in the system logs, so not sure how to troubleshoot.

It seems like the installation went well, I can import it in python.

My question is if I can start the builder and coder GUI somehow?

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Hi, @MNentwich

The last successful installation process I’ve documented is the one I’ve described here.

I can start both, Builder and Coder, with this install.

Best regards,
Flavio

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Thanks for sharing this. I was able to install it now.

However, wxPython was not compiled during the installation of psychopy with pip install psychopy==2022.1.4.

I was able to install it as described here:

pip install https://extras.wxpython.org/wxPython4/extras/linux/gtk3/ubuntu-22.04/wxPython-4.2.0-cp38-cp38-linux_x86_64.whl

Best,
Max

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Did you see the installer that we recommend (as mentioned on our downloads page)? That should automatically either fetch or build everything you need on a wise range of linux distros: