Finding dynamic libraries

[Robert Kern]

Bill Spotz wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Is there a way to tell an executing python script where to look for  
> dynamically-loaded libraries?
> 
> My situation is that that I am developing python wrappers for a large  
> software project.  I create python wrappers with swig, and those  
> extension modules link against dynamic libraries from the project.  I  
> have many test scripts that I would like to be able to run *prior* to  
> installing these libraries into a standard location.
> 
> I have tried altering the LD_LIBRARY_PATH and DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH  
> environment variables, both by direct assignment of os.environ and by  
> calling os.putenv(), but neither results in python being able to find  
> my dynamic libraries.

Those environment variables need to be set before the python executable starts.

-- 
Robert Kern

"I have come to believe that the whole world is an enigma, a harmless enigma
  that is made terrible by our own mad attempt to interpret it as though it had
  an underlying truth."
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