Re: [ompl-users] CMake error - Could not find Python

[Mark M. <mm...@ri...>]

On Feb 25, 2011, at 1:37 PM, David Breeden wrote:
> I'm trying to install OMPL on my 64-bit Windows 7 machine.  I've installed all the dependencies but when I hit Configure in the CMake GUI I get:
> 
> CMake Error at C:/Program Files (x86)/CMake 2.8/share/cmake-2.8/Modules/FindPackageHandleStandardArgs.cmake:91 (MESSAGE):
>    Could NOT find Python (missing: PYTHON_LIBRARIES)
> Call Stack (most recent call first):
>   C:/Program Files (x86)/CMake 2.8/share/cmake-2.8/Modules/FindPackageHandleStandardArgs.cmake:252 (_FPHSA_FAILURE_MESSAGE)
>   ompl/CMakeModules/FindPython.cmake:115 (find_package_handle_standard_args)
>   CMakeLists.txt:32 (find_package)
> 
> 
> Configuring incomplete, errors occurred!
> 
> The CMake window shows the right values for PYTHON_EXEC and PYTHON_INCLUDE_DIRS (C:/Python27/python.exe and C:/Python27/include, respectively).
> 
> I'm guessing this is something simple but I don't have a lot of experience with CMake or Python.


The python executable and python header files are apparently not the problem, but cmake can’t find the python libraries. Can you tell me if there is a *.lib or *.dll file somewhere in C:/Python27 or one of its subdirectories?

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Mark Moll