Fabian Braennstroem schrieb: > I just tried to install python 2.5 from source on my > ScienticLinux (Redhat Clone) machine. It seems to work > without any problem, at least I am able to run some of my > old scripts. I installed it with './configure > --prefix=/opt/python make make altinstall', but now for a > 'vtk' installation which needs the python libraries I am not > able to find a file like 'libpython2.5.so.*', which I think > should be produced (at least at my office's machine (redhat) > it is there). I just can find a 'libpython2.5.a' file ... > > Do I do something wrong?
I'd say it is a bug in vtk that it requires libpython2.5.so.*. However, to work-around, you can configure Python with --enable-shared. Make sure to set LD_LIBRARY_PATH or LD_RUN_PATH appropriately. Regards, Martin -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
