“import wx” fails after installation of wxPython on Windows XP

Question

I downloaded and installed this version of wxPython for use with my Python 2.6 installation:

http://downloads.sourceforge.net/wxpython/wxPython2.8-win32-unicode-2.8.

Answer 1

I was getting the same error.

After some googling found this link to MSVC++ 2008 Redestributable and installed it.

That solved the problem.