Install: Fix install on Linux to not take 10+ minutes #166
Labels
os-linux
Linux-specific issue.
priority-high
High priority items, usually affecting end-users.
topic-firstrun
Bugs/features that especially affect the experience of running Crystal for the first time
Problem
In an era with instant app installs from app stores, it's unreasonable to expect users to be patient for 10+ minutes to install an unproven app.
Solution
Alter Linux install instructions to use a .wagon to install wxPython, for popular Linux distributionsNot any easier that just building a binary, because .wagon must depend on major Python and GTK versions, which have too many varying combinations.Build a manylinux wheel of wxPythonInfeasible (i.e. too hard)The text was updated successfully, but these errors were encountered: