Using a static library in a C extension for Python

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On Wednesday, January 22, 2014 7:01:50 PM UTC+8, lgabiot wrote:
> Hello,
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> working on OS X 10.8.5
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> Python 2.7
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> I've written a simple C extension for Python that uses the cairo graphic 
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> library.
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> It works well, and I can call it from Python with no problem.
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> The only drawback is that I need to have the cairo library installed on 
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> my system (so it seems my extension calls dynamically the cairo library).
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> I believe this because it doesn't work on a system where cairo is not 
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> installed.
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> Is it possible to link statically cairo to my extension, so that even if 
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> cairo is not installed on a computer, the code will run?
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> I guess I would need to modify the setup.py file using distutils to 
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> compile cairo statically into my .so file?
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> Or am I completely wrong?
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> If someone has a hint...
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> thanks!

Check the  C source code generated 
by Pyrex and check cython for what u 
want, but I did try that out in any 
mobile phone or flat panel
programming.