Why no libpython2.x.so in redhat?

[Sean 'Shaleh' Perry]

On 25-May-2002 Chris Fonnesbeck wrote:
> I'm looking for someone out there who develops on RedHat who can help
> me out: Why are there no libpython .so files on the redhat builds? It
> is creating problems for me when trying to run python embedded in C. 
> It seems that my program looks for the .so files, and not finding
> them, dies. I get segfaults all the time.  I'm already pissed at
> Redhat for their persistance with Python1.5.2, but I would hate to
> change distros just over this.  Any help most appreciated.

are there no 'libpython1.5.so'? or 'libpython1.5.so.0.0'?  The pure '.so' is
usually only needed for compiling programs the .so.version is the one which
makes prgrams happy when linked against it.

They may have a python-runtime package or something you need to install.