How to tell a Python program where a shared library is?

[Scherer, Bill]

use the env. var. PYTHONPATH

set it to the dir your module is in.

Alternatively, run Python interactively and:

>>> import sys
>>> sys.path
[....

put your module in one of the directories in the resulting list.

William K. Scherer
Sr. Member of Applications Staff - Verizon Wireless
Bill.Scherer_at_VerizonWireless.com

On Thu, 3 May 2001, Edward C. Jones wrote:

> Suppose I have a shared library, say "mymodule.so". How do I tell a Python
> program where "mymodule.so" is? If necessary I can change the PATH environment
> variable. How is this done?
>
> Thanks,
> Ed Jones
>
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