How to get directory of Python C library

[arve.knudsen at gmail.com]

On 15 Nov, 20:05, "Diez B. Roggisch" <de... at nospam.web.de> wrote:
> arve.knud... at gmail.com schrieb:
>
> > Hi
>
> > I need to link against Python, is there a way to get the path to the
> > directory containing Python's C library (e.g., <exec-prefix>/libs on
> > Windows)?
>
> Most probably from the registry somehow. In general, try & locate a
> python-executable, and make it execute
>
>   python -c "import sys; print sys.prefix"
>
> Capture that, and you're done. Depending on the OS, the libs then are
> placed in e.g. <prefix>/lib.

That doesn't solve anything, the hard part is figuring out the part
after <prefix> ..

Arve