Question about Python on Mac

[James Stroud]

elventear wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I am working with Python 2.4.3 built from source courtesy of Fink. So
> far so good, until now. I want to use a module called GMPY
> (http://gmpy.sf.net/). I am able to build correctly the module, but
> once I try to import it I get the following error:
> 
> ImportError: Failure linking new module: gmpy.so: Symbol not found:
> ___gmpn_sub_nc
>  Referenced from: /sw/lib/libgmp.3.dylib
>  Expected in: dynamic lookup
> 
> The weird thing is that just for kicks I tried building with Python
> that comes with MacOSX (py2.3) and it works. It builds and it loads
> fine. Anybody have an idea why this would happen? Any ideas how to
> solve this? In the worse case scenario, can I use the binary (gmpy.so)
> built with against Python 2.3 with Python 2.4.3 (It seems to load
> correctly but I don't know if I should expect any meltdowns later on)
> 
> I would appreciate any suggestions.
> 
> Thanks.
> 
I think fink is not detecting the gmp (GNU multiple precision arithmetic 
library) dependency.

Try:

% fink install gmp

Then try building gmpy with /sw/bin/python.

James

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