Francesc - Thank you. This is not mentioned anywhere in the README - is that something that could be added?
Also, do I have to make this export a _permanent_ part of my installation, or am I just supposed to set this before building the package? Thanks, Mike Francesc Alted wrote: > Hi Mike, > > A Wednesday 17 September 2008, Michael Hearne escrigué: > >> Hi, new to the list. I'm trying to get pytables installed on a Red >> Hat Enterprise system, with a local copy of python 2.5. Pytables >> _seems_ to install successfully, giving me the output below. >> >> However, when I try to use pytables, I get an error saying >> "ImportError: libhdf5.so.5: cannot open shared object file: No such >> file or directory". Why does the installation process show that it >> knows where the libraries are but the usage fail to find them?? >> > > Because you have directed it how to find the HDF5 libraries in > compilation time (via the the --hdf5 flag), but not how to find them in > execution time. There are many ways to do this in Linux, but I > normally use the LD_LIBRARY_PATH environment variable to point to where > your libhdf5.so.5 file is. For example: > > $ export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/hdf5/lib > > or similar, should work. See the man page for 'ld' (the GNU linker) for > more info on loading dynamic libraries. > > HTH, > > -- ------------------------------------------------------ Michael Hearne [EMAIL PROTECTED] (303) 273-8620 USGS National Earthquake Information Center 1711 Illinois St. Golden CO 80401 Senior Software Engineer Synergetics, Inc. ------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ Pytables-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/pytables-users
