Package: python-libtiff
Version: 0.4.1~20150805-1
Severity: serious
Tags: fixed-upstream
>>> import libtiff
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/libtiff/__init__.py", line 20, in
<module>
from .libtiff_ctypes import libtiff, TIFF, TIFF3D
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/libtiff/libtiff_ctypes.py", line 87,
in <module>
raise ValueError('Failed to find TIFF header file (may be need to run: sudo
apt-get install libtiff4-dev)')
ValueError: Failed to find TIFF header file (may be need to run: sudo apt-get
install libtiff4-dev)
>>>
libtiff5-dev should be a dependency of python-libtiff.
After installing it, I get:
>>> import libtiff
Generating '/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/libtiff/tiff_h_4_0_6.py'
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/libtiff/__init__.py", line 20, in
<module>
from .libtiff_ctypes import libtiff, TIFF, TIFF3D
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/libtiff/libtiff_ctypes.py", line 117,
in <module>
f = open(fn, 'w')
IOError: [Errno 13] Permission denied:
'/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/libtiff/tiff_h_4_0_6.py'
>>>
In Launchpad #1595540 it is claimed that this is fixed in upstream git.
If I understand the upstream changes correctly upstream fixed this
by shipping the TIFF header, also removing the need for libtiff5-dev.
Ideally the header should be created at build time and not shipped in git
(for avoiding problems with future libtiff API changes).
