Unable to build libpython2.5.so on OS X 10.4
Hi all. I'm trying to build some internal code that needs to link against libpython2.5.so on a OS X 10.4 (Tiger) machine. It seems that no matter what combination of options and environment variables I give to the configure script from python 2.5.1, all I get is the libpython2.5.a (the static library). I've googled the problem and searched the comp.lang.python archives, but I have been unable to find anything that works. Is there some special magic I have to invoke to do this? I've not done any Mac development, so there may be some obvious point I am missing. The Python README file and configure script comments are not getting me very far. TIA, Eric Winter NASA GSFC Fermi Gamma-Ray Space Telescope Science Support Center -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Re: Unable to build libpython2.5.so on OS X 10.4
Eric Winter schrieb: Hi all. I'm trying to build some internal code that needs to link against libpython2.5.so on a OS X 10.4 (Tiger) machine. It seems that no matter what combination of options and environment variables I give to the configure script from python 2.5.1, all I get is the libpython2.5.a (the static library). I've googled the problem and searched the comp.lang.python archives, but I have been unable to find anything that works. Is there some special magic I have to invoke to do this? I've not done any Mac development, so there may be some obvious point I am missing. The Python README file and configure script comments are not getting me very far. You have to start with a clean plate and use the --enable-shared option to configure: make distclean ./configure --enable-unicode=ucs4 --enable-shared make That will give you a libpython2.5.dylib. The suffix for shared libraries is .dylib on On Mac OS X, not .so! Christian -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Re: Unable to build libpython2.5.so on OS X 10.4
Christian, Thanks for the response. I knew about the .dylib suffix, but that's not being built either, even when I supply the --enable-shared option to configure. I also tried the --enable-unicode configure option, but no joy. Might there be some additional OS X package I need to install to get this to work? Thanks, Eric On May 7, 11:45 am, Christian Heimes li...@cheimes.de wrote: Eric Winter schrieb: Hi all. I'm trying to build some internal code that needs to link against libpython2.5.so on a OS X 10.4 (Tiger) machine. It seems that no matter what combination of options and environment variables I give to the configure script from python 2.5.1, all I get is the libpython2.5.a (the static library). I've googled the problem and searched the comp.lang.python archives, but I have been unable to find anything that works. Is there some special magic I have to invoke to do this? I've not done any Mac development, so there may be some obvious point I am missing. The Python README file and configure script comments are not getting me very far. You have to start with a clean plate and use the --enable-shared option to configure: make distclean ./configure --enable-unicode=ucs4 --enable-shared make That will give you a libpython2.5.dylib. The suffix for shared libraries is .dylib on On Mac OS X, not .so! Christian -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Re: Unable to build libpython2.5.so on OS X 10.4
In article fde3b1d5-8a52-4ff1-9093-9ed470b4f...@g20g2000vba.googlegroups.com, Eric Winter elwin...@verizon.net wrote: Hi all. I'm trying to build some internal code that needs to link against libpython2.5.so on a OS X 10.4 (Tiger) machine. It seems that no matter what combination of options and environment variables I give to the configure script from python 2.5.1, all I get is the libpython2.5.a (the static library). I've googled the problem and searched the comp.lang.python archives, but I have been unable to find anything that works. Perhaps I misunderstand, but if you are trying to build a C extension for an existing Python 2.5 installation, using Distutils from that installation should take care of everything for you. Is there a setup.py file by any chance? Are you using a standard python installation (i.e. python.org installer for instance)? More details might help. -- Ned Deily, n...@acm.org -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Re: Unable to build libpython2.5.so on OS X 10.4
Hi Ned. The Python module I am building is actually the Python module for ROOT, a large package from CERN. However, the problem arises before that code enters the picture, when I am building Python itself. All I want to do is create libpython2.5.dylib, or its equivalent, and I can't seem to make that happen on Tiger. Thanks, Eric On May 7, 12:41 pm, Ned Deily n...@acm.org wrote: In article fde3b1d5-8a52-4ff1-9093-9ed470b4f...@g20g2000vba.googlegroups.com, Eric Winter elwin...@verizon.net wrote: Hi all. I'm trying to build some internal code that needs to link against libpython2.5.so on a OS X 10.4 (Tiger) machine. It seems that no matter what combination of options and environment variables I give to the configure script from python 2.5.1, all I get is the libpython2.5.a (the static library). I've googled the problem and searched the comp.lang.python archives, but I have been unable to find anything that works. Perhaps I misunderstand, but if you are trying to build a C extension for an existing Python 2.5 installation, using Distutils from that installation should take care of everything for you. Is there a setup.py file by any chance? Are you using a standard python installation (i.e. python.org installer for instance)? More details might help. -- Ned Deily, n...@acm.org -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Re: Unable to build libpython2.5.so on OS X 10.4
In article 0e05eca2-b460-4e01-aa54-cc1055f51...@q14g2000vbn.googlegroups.com, elwinter elwin...@verizon.net wrote: The Python module I am building is actually the Python module for ROOT, a large package from CERN. However, the problem arises before that code enters the picture, when I am building Python itself. All I want to do is create libpython2.5.dylib, or its equivalent, and I can't seem to make that happen on Tiger. Any chance you can use the python.org installer for 2.5.4? Or the Macports version? They both are supported on Tiger. http://www.python.org/download/releases/2.5.4/ http://www.macports.org/ Again, I may be missing something but libpythonx.x by itself is not very useful, i.e. it's not your usual standalone lib. You'll almost certainly need the whole python installation. There are a number of ways to build python on OS X (google will find them or ask on the Mac python sig) but, unless you have some special requirement, use an existing python installation and build the ROOT Python module with that. -- Ned Deily, n...@acm.org -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Re: Unable to build libpython2.5.so on OS X 10.4
elwinter elwin...@verizon.net (e) wrote: e Hi Ned. The Python module I am building is actually the Python module e for ROOT, a large package from CERN. However, the problem arises e before that code enters the picture, when I am building Python itself. e All I want to do is create libpython2.5.dylib, or its equivalent, e and I can't seem to make that happen on Tiger. The standard installer for Python 2.5.4 when installed on Tiger, will contain a file libpython2.5.a which is a symbolic link to /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.5/Python, which according to the file command, is a shared library. So it is not a static library, despite of its name! e Thanks, e Eric e On May 7, 12:41 pm, Ned Deily n...@acm.org wrote: In article fde3b1d5-8a52-4ff1-9093-9ed470b4f...@g20g2000vba.googlegroups.com, Eric Winter elwin...@verizon.net wrote: Hi all. I'm trying to build some internal code that needs to link against libpython2.5.so on a OS X 10.4 (Tiger) machine. It seems that no matter what combination of options and environment variables I give to the configure script from python 2.5.1, all I get is the libpython2.5.a (the static library). I've googled the problem and searched the comp.lang.python archives, but I have been unable to find anything that works. Perhaps I misunderstand, but if you are trying to build a C extension for an existing Python 2.5 installation, using Distutils from that installation should take care of everything for you. Is there a setup.py file by any chance? Are you using a standard python installation (i.e. python.org installer for instance)? More details might help. -- Ned Deily, n...@acm.org -- Piet van Oostrum p...@cs.uu.nl URL: http://pietvanoostrum.com [PGP 8DAE142BE17999C4] Private email: p...@vanoostrum.org -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
