Public bug reported:
Binary package hint: libroot-python5.18
Installing the libroot-python metapackage, or a versioned instantiation
such as libroot-python5.18, does not produce a usable PyROOT system:
libroot-python-dev is required to actually provide the ROOT.py file,
etc., without which PyROOT can't be used at all.
The conventional package behaviour is that -dev packages are only needed
for development on the package itself, or for installation of C/C++
headers: the libroot-python-dev package does contain some headers, but
also contains the .py files needed for *non-development* use of PyROOT.
Seems to me that these .py files should be provided by the libroot-
pythonXXX packages along with the compiled libraries that they load...
without this, libroot-python(XXX) are pretty useless packages!
** Affects: root-system (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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libroot-python-dev package required for non-development use of PyROOT
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/598465
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