This might be the problem: What should I answer to the following:
pecan@ubuntu:~/devel/trunk/src/devel/share/codeblocks/plugins$ sudo update-alternatives --config wx-config
Password:
There are 6 alternatives which provide `wx-config'.
Selection Alternative
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1 /usr/lib/wx/config/base-unicode-release-2.6
2 /usr/lib/wx/config/gtk2-unicode-release-2.6
3 /usr/lib/wx/config/base-unicode-debug-2.6
4 /usr/lib/wx/config/gtk2-unicode-debug-2.6
5 /usr/lib/wx/config/base-unicode-release-2.8
*+ 6 /usr/lib/wx/config/gtk2-unicode-release-2.8