On Sep 25, 1:08 pm, Chris Withers <ch...@simplistix.co.uk> wrote: > Hi All, > > I'm trying to build Python 2.6 as a shared library, so I did: > > ./configure --enable-shared > make > make altinstall > > No obvious signs of failure, but when I try and use the resulting > python, I get: > > python2.6: error while loading shared libraries: libpython2.6.so.1.0: > cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory > > Why might that be? > > cheers, > > Chris > > -- > Simplistix - Content Management, Batch Processing & Python Consulting > -http://www.simplistix.co.uk
Hello Chris, The dynamic loader cannot find the python shared library. There are at least 2 options: 1. Add path that contains the shared library to the LD_LIBRARY_PATH environment variable. In a bash shell this can be accomplished by: export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/path/to/python_shared_lib: $LD_LIBRARY_PATH 2. Add path to dynamic linker configuration file. This typically is in '/etc/ld.so.conf'. See man page for ld for more information. Note that I assumed that you are on a Unix/Linux machine. Regards, Marco -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list