Solarisnerd,
I suppose you are using wx-2.4.2, right? If you are using wx-2.5.x, you don't need wxBase, it comes included with wx-GTK.
This error is due to a missing option when configuring wx. You should include --enable-printarch in your configure command. It is strange though, because this is default on linux.
For wxBase-2.4.2 I use: ./configure --enable-debug --disable-optimise --enable-debug_flag --enable-debug_info --enable-debug_gdb --enable-soname --disable-gui --disable-std_iostreams --with-opengl
For wxWindows-2.4.2: ./configure --enable-debug --disable-optimise --enable-debug_flag --enable-debug_info --enable-debug_gdb --enable-soname
Notice that the debug options are not necessary unless you are going to debug inside wx itself.
Cheers!