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    Install psychopy/wxPython with PyEnv on Ubuntu

(1) Install pyenv

sudo apt update

sudo apt install \
  build-essential libssl-dev zlib1g-dev \
  libbz2-dev libreadline-dev libsqlite3-dev curl \
  libncursesw5-dev xz-utils tk-dev libxml2-dev libxmlsec1-dev libffi-dev liblzma-dev

git clone https://github.com/pyenv/pyenv.git ~/.pyenv

echo 'export PYENV_ROOT="$HOME/.pyenv"' >> ~/.bashrc
echo 'command -v pyenv >/dev/null || export PATH="$PYENV_ROOT/bin:$PATH"' >> ~/.bashrc
echo 'eval "$(pyenv init -)"' >> ~/.bashrc
Install python3.8
pyenv update
pyenv install 3.8
Switch to python3.8
pyenv local 3.8 
Create a virtualenv and autostart in each Terminal

python3.8 -m venv .psychopy-venv
source .psychopy-venv/bin/activate
Open
nano ~/.bashrc

Add line
source $HOME/.psychopy-venv/bin/activate

Install wxPython==4.2.0

Install wxPython wheel from https://extras.wxpython.org/wxPython4/extras/linux/gtk3/ubuntu-22.04/
python -m pip install -U pip setuptools wheel

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

pip install wxPython-4.2.0-cp38-cp38-linux_x86_64.whl
Install psychopy>=2023.2

sudo apt install ubuntu-restricted-extras 

sudo apt install \
  libusb-1.0-0-dev portaudio19-dev libasound2-dev \
  swig libpulse-dev

pip install "psychopy>=2023.2" psychtoolbox pygame pyo pyparallel websocket_client distro

Access rights

sudo groupadd --force psychopy
sudo usermod -a -G psychopy $USER
open
sudo nano /etc/security/limits.d/99-psychopylimits.conf
add the lines
@psychopy - nice -20
@psychopy - rtprio 50
@psychopy - memlock unlimited

allow writing on the parallel port for psychopy users
chown -R administrator:psychopy /dev/parport0
chmod 660 /dev/parport0

Create Desktop Launcher

nano ~/Desktop/psychopy.desktop

add
#!/usr/bin/env xdg-open
[Desktop Entry]
Version=1.0
Type=Application
Terminal=false
Exec=source ~/.psychopy-venv/bin/activate; psychopy --builder
Name=PsychoPy
#Icon=icon path here

Other Desktop applications

Video players
sudo apt install vlc ffmpeg

Sources


wxPython wheels for Ubuntu 22, https://extras.wxpython.org/wxPython4/extras/linux/gtk3/ubuntu-22.04/
https://discourse.psychopy.org/t/how-to-install-psychopy-2022-1-4-on-ubuntu-22-04/29450/4
https://devicetests.com/install-wxpython-ubuntu