Repository: arrow Updated Branches: refs/heads/master 25e010607 -> e8bc1fe3b
ARROW-368: Added note for LD_LIBRARY_PATH in Python README Added note to use LD_LIBRARY_PATH env var to add $ARROW_HOME/lib path so PyArrow can locate Arrow-Cpp shared libs. Author: Bryan Cutler <cutl...@gmail.com> Closes #199 from BryanCutler/pyarrow-README-note-LD_LIBRARY_PATH-ARROW-368 and squashes the following commits: 15861c4 [Bryan Cutler] Added note for LD_LIBRARY_PATH in Python README Project: http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/arrow/repo Commit: http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/arrow/commit/e8bc1fe3 Tree: http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/arrow/tree/e8bc1fe3 Diff: http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/arrow/diff/e8bc1fe3 Branch: refs/heads/master Commit: e8bc1fe3ba7f94b39f38571a435f93f387e67d37 Parents: 25e0106 Author: Bryan Cutler <cutl...@gmail.com> Authored: Sun Nov 6 12:10:06 2016 +0100 Committer: Uwe L. Korn <uw...@xhochy.com> Committed: Sun Nov 6 12:10:06 2016 +0100 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- python/README.md | 9 ++++++++- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/arrow/blob/e8bc1fe3/python/README.md ---------------------------------------------------------------------- diff --git a/python/README.md b/python/README.md index 4fce0d2..88ab17e 100644 --- a/python/README.md +++ b/python/README.md @@ -33,12 +33,19 @@ These are the various projects that PyArrow depends on. 1. **g++ and gcc Version >= 4.8** 2. **cmake > 2.8.6** 3. **boost** -4. **Arrow-cpp and its dependencies*** +4. **Arrow-cpp and its dependencies** The Arrow C++ library must be built with all options enabled and installed with ``ARROW_HOME`` environment variable set to the installation location. Look at (https://github.com/apache/arrow/blob/master/cpp/README.md) for instructions. +Ensure PyArrow can locate the Arrow-cpp shared libraries by setting the +LD_LIBRARY_PATH environment variable. + +```bash +export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$LD_LIBRARY_PATH:$ARROW_HOME/lib +``` + 5. **Python dependencies: numpy, pandas, cython, pytest** #### Build pyarrow and run the unit tests
