Francesc - I think I answered my own question. I have to set it in the environment where I'll be running.
Is there another way that this is accomplished? I have another Linux system where I have pytables installed, and LD_LIBRARY_PATH is not set, and the import works just fine. I installed pytables on that system (I think) using easy_install. I would prefer not to have to use environment variables, because I'll be running my code from a cron job, where account settings are frequently a problem... Thanks, Mike Michael Hearne wrote: > 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 Pytables-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/pytables-users
