problems using wxpython-2.8

Hi guys, I am new to this forum and am fairly new to python and wxpython.
The problem I am posting is most certainly not a new one and I have spent a long time looking for an answer in the forums but have thus far been unsuccessful.

Ok first of all I am using linux mint Julia (x64) and at present I am able to use python-wxgtk2.6 but recently I have wanted to try using a GUI builder like WXGlade but I believe that it requires python-wxgtk2.8. When I try installing this version and import wx in pythong i get the following traceback:

Python 2.6.6 (r266:84292, Sep 15 2010, 16:22:56)
[GCC 4.4.5] on linux2
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> import wx
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/wx-2.8-gtk2-unicode/wx/__init__.py", line 45, in <module>
from wx._core import *
File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/wx-2.8-gtk2-unicode/wx/_core.py", line 14813, in <module>
from _gdi import *
File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/wx-2.8-gtk2-unicode/wx/_gdi.py", line 4, in <module>
import _gdi_
ImportError: /usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/wx-2.8-gtk2-unicode/wx/_gdi_.so: symbol _ZTV14wxGraphicsPath, version WXU_2.8 not defined in file libwx_gtk2u_core-2.8.so.0 with link time reference
>>>

I have tried reinstalling wxpython but to no avail. Any suggestions will be most welcome