Re: [openbabel-scripting] using the perl wrapper

[Geoffrey H. <ge...@ge...>]

Hi Bruce,

> seems as though there was a solution for the problem characterized by
>
>    /usr/local/lib/openbabel/<whatever>.so did not load properly
>
> but I am not clear what the solution is.

Find the line "@EXPORT = qw( );" near the top of OpenBabel.pm.
Add this to the next line:

  sub dl_load_flags { 0x01 }

That should do it. An updated Perl wrapper will probably hit CPAN  
soon, and will also be in 2.0.1.

> I guess I should say also that, if the perl interface works well  
> for me, this
> will become an important part of the software for many of my  
> users.  I'll be
> happy to help test (and might even contribute to) the perl wrapper.

Great! Glad to hear Open Babel and the perl wrapper help you out.

Cheers,
-Geoff