On 15 Nov, 23:59, "Diez B. Roggisch" <de...@nospam.web.de> wrote: > arve.knud...@gmail.com schrieb: > > > > > > > On 15 Nov, 22:11, "Diez B. Roggisch" <de...@nospam.web.de> wrote: > >> arve.knud...@gmail.com schrieb: > > >>> On 15 Nov, 21:24, "Diez B. Roggisch" <de...@nospam.web.de> wrote: > >>>> arve.knud...@gmail.com schrieb: > >>>>> On 15 Nov, 20:05, "Diez B. Roggisch" <de...@nospam.web.de> wrote: > >>>>>> arve.knud...@gmail.com schrieb: > >>>>>>> Hi > >>>>>>> I need to link against Python, is there a way to get the path to the > >>>>>>> directory containing Python's C library (e.g., <exec-prefix>/libs on > >>>>>>> Windows)? > >>>>>> Most probably from the registry somehow. In general, try & locate a > >>>>>> python-executable, and make it execute > >>>>>> python -c "import sys; print sys.prefix" > >>>>>> Capture that, and you're done. Depending on the OS, the libs then are > >>>>>> placed in e.g. <prefix>/lib. > >>>>> That doesn't solve anything, the hard part is figuring out the part > >>>>> after <prefix> .. > >>>> AFAIK is that only varying based on the OS. Under unix, it's > >>>> <prefix>/lib/python<version>/ > >>>> You can get the platform via sys.platform. > >>> Well, my point is that I should like a way to query for this > >>> directory, just as I can query distutils.sysconfig for the include > >>> directory and Python library (i.e., the standard Python library) > >>> directory. It's not trivial to figure out Python's installation scheme > >>> so long as it's not written in stone .. > >> Well, than how about you word your question like that? But there is no > >> simple function to call. So the answer to the question you asked is: no. > > >> I showed you a way that works for current python, and consists of > >> stitching together a number of informations. > > >> Diez > > > My original question was pretty clear I think. And I don't have the > > required information to deduce what the library path may look like on > > any given platform, there really should be a standard function for > > this. > > I at least misunderstood it - which might be my fault. However, as there > is no such function. I suggest you discuss this on the devel-list - > however, anything before python2.7 is unlikely to grow such a function, > so you are stuck with the ways I described. > > Diez
OK, thanks. Perhaps I'll try distutils-sig, given that it looks natural to extend distutils.sysconfig. Arve -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
