What I missed was that if you checkout from the git repo you have to initialize the submodule (yara)
git clone --recursive https://github.com/plusvic/yara-python FYI. On Wednesday, January 8, 2014 at 11:35:40 AM UTC+1, Stefan Molls wrote: > > That did the trick. > > - Did an: apt-get remove libyara0 (forgot to do this before) > - Removed all remaining libyara files > - Unpacked fresh yara-2.0.0 installation folder > > Now it works ... Thank you very much for your support! > > Am Mittwoch, 8. Januar 2014 04:06:13 UTC-6 schrieb Víctor Manuel Álvarez > García: >> >> Also remove the "build" folder inside yara-python, and do "python >> setup.py build" and "sudo python setup.py install" again. >> >> >> On Wed, Jan 8, 2014 at 11:02 AM, Stefan Molls <coun...@gmx.de> wrote: >> >>> Yes I did use "root" rights to do the installation process. In addition >>> I deleted all libyara files under /usr/local/lib and reinstalled them >>> making sure I use the new version. >>> >>> Am Mittwoch, 8. Januar 2014 03:18:54 UTC-6 schrieb Víctor Manuel Álvarez >>> García: >>>> >>>> That sounds like you still have and old version of libyara in your >>>> system. Did you did "sudo make install"? >>>> >>>> >>>> On Wed, Jan 8, 2014 at 9:35 AM, Stefan Molls <coun...@gmx.de> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hi all, >>>>> >>>>> I just tried to upgrade to yara 2.0 following the install instructions >>>>> on https://github.com/plusvic/yara/releases/tag/v2.0.0 . >>>>> >>>>> Whenever I try to import yara within python I receive the following >>>>> error: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> *Python 2.7.3 (default, Jan 2 2013, 16:53:07) [GCC 4.7.2] on >>>>> linux2Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more >>>>> information. >>> import yaraTraceback (most recent call last): File >>>>> "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>ImportError: >>>>> /usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/yara.so: undefined symbol: >>>>> yr_finalize *I am using Kali Linux (Linux workstation-k >>>>> 3.12-kali1-686-pae #1 SMP Debian 3.12.6-2kali1 (2014-01-06) i686 >>>>> GNU/Linux). >>>>> Does anyone has an idea how I can fix this error? >>>>> >>>>> Thanks and best regards, >>>>> Stefan >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>> Groups "YARA" group. >>>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>>> an email to yara-project...@googlegroups.com. >>>>> >>>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "YARA" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to yara-project...@googlegroups.com. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>> >> >> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "YARA" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to yara-project+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.