Solution was simple once I found it. Here is the workaround:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/octave/+bug/1005243
Just make a symlink to the new file.
Jason
On Fri, Oct 26, 2012 at 12:37 PM, Jason Moore <moorepa...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I'll post the bug report, but I'd like to get this working on my system.
> I've always had trouble compiling pytables from source due to the
> dependencies. Right now I just need to get this working because I can no
> longer use my software now that PyTabes is broken.
>
> Question 1:
>
> What are the exact command for installing for source (including all
> flags)? I can't find this explicitly in the documentation especially how to
> use the --hdf5 flag and other flags to point to where the dependencies are
> installed. I'm trying:
>
> sudo python setup.py build_ext --inplace --hdf5=/usr/lib/libhdf5.so.7
>
> But having little luck. It still can't find my hdf5 library.
>
> Question 2:
>
> I tried your pytables2.4 ppa but it also can't find the hdf5 library. How
> can I install the old /usr/lib/lbhdf5.so.6 file? I also remember it being
> painful to install the HDF5 libraries from source. Is this file available
> in the Ubuntu repositories?
>
> Jason
>
>
> On Fri, Oct 26, 2012 at 10:16 AM, Antonio Valentino <
> antonio.valent...@tiscali.it> wrote:
>
>> Hi Jason,
>>
>> Il 26/10/2012 18:44, Jason Moore ha scritto:
>> > Where exactly do I submit the bug report? There doesn't seem to be a bug
>> > option here:
>> https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/quantal/+package/python-tables
>> >
>> > Jason
>>
>> of course you need a launchpad account, than you can follow instruction
>> of the ReportingBugs page on the ubuntu wiki [1]
>>
>> [1] https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ReportingBugs
>>
>>
>> ciao
>>
>> > On Thu, Oct 25, 2012 at 11:27 PM, Antonio Valentino <
>> > antonio.valent...@tiscali.it> wrote:
>> >
>> >> Hi Jason,
>> >>
>> >> Il giorno 26/ott/2012, alle ore 07:28, Jason Moore <
>> moorepa...@gmail.com>
>> >> ha scritto:
>> >>
>> >>> So it looks like python-tables in Ubuntu 12.10 requires libhdf5-7 and
>> >> libhdf5-7 has /usr/lib/libhdf5.so.7 not libhdf5.so.6.
>> >>
>> >> Correct, the hdf5 package has been updated in ubuntu 12.10.
>> >> If you use the standard python-tables package from ubuntu repositories
>> >> please file a bug report on launchpad.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>> Jason
>> >>>
>> >>> On Thu, Oct 25, 2012 at 4:10 PM, Aquil Abdullah <
>> >> aquil.abdul...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> >>> Can you check to see if libhdf5.so is in your path? If not, you can
>> add
>> >> it to the path where it resides to your PATH variable.
>> >>>
>> >>> Hopefully, that helps.
>> >>>
>> >>> Aquil H. Abdullah
>> >>>
>> >>> On Oct 25, 2012, at 18:42, Jason Moore <moorepa...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> >>>
>> >>>> I just updated to Ubuntu 12.10 and my pytables install is broken. I
>> >> reinstalled and it seems like I have hdf5 1.8.4 installed but I get
>> this
>> >> error:
>> >>>>
>> >>>> moorepants@moorepants-LT:BicycleDataProcessor(master)$ vitables
>> >> InstrumentedBicycleData.h5
>> >>>> Traceback (most recent call last):
>> >>>> File "/usr/bin/vitables", line 105, in <module>
>> >>>> main(sys.argv)
>> >>>> File "/usr/bin/vitables", line 48, in main
>> >>>> from vitables.vtapp import VTApp
>> >>>> File "/usr/share/vitables/vitables/vtapp.py", line 35, in <module>
>> >>>> import tables
>> >>>> File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/tables/__init__.py",
>> >> line 30, in <module>
>> >>>> from tables.utilsExtension import getPyTablesVersion,
>> getHDF5Version
>> >>>> ImportError: libhdf5.so.6: cannot open shared object file: No such
>> file
>> >> or directory
>> >>>>
>> >>>> What am I missing?
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Jason
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Anyway you can also use the eotools PPA [1] that has a more updated
>> >> version of pytables: 2.4 against 2.3.1 of the official universe repo.
>> >>
>> >> [1]
>> >>
>> https://launchpad.net/~a.valentino/+archive/eotools?field.series_filter=quantal
>> >>
>> >> best regards
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> --
>> >> Antonio Valentino
>>
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