Re: unable to build ldap.py

[Ulf v. C. <von...@rz...>]

Ulf von Ceumern wrote:

> Michael Str=F6der wrote:
>
> > > plus: i am installing this under a user dir and need to point pytho=
n to
> > > use this version rather than the old version which is installed und=
er
> > > the python lib dir somewhere. how do i do that?
> >
> > Use the executable of python which is in your user dir when invoking
> > setup.py.
> >
> > Example:
> >
> > $ /home/ulf/bin/python setup.py build
> > $ /home/ulf/bin/python setup.py install
> >
> > instead of
> >
> > $ python setup.py build
> > $ python setup.py install
> >
> > Note that the build also has to be done with your locally installed v=
ersion!
>
> Hi Michael.
>
> Thanks for your help on the warning.
>
> But you got me wrong on the second problem:
>
> I want a python script to use the  python-ldap  version in my home dir =
rather
> than the one installed in the usual dir.  I set
> export
> PYTHONPATH=3D/home/ceumern/ldap/python-ldap-2.0.0pre05/build/lib.solari=
s-2.8-sun4u-2.1/
>
>  and this is what i get:
>
> bash-2.03$ python -d /home/ceumern/ldap/ldap_test.py
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "/home/ceumern/ldap/ldap_test.py", line 6, in ?
>     import ldap
>   File
> "/home/ceumern/ldap/python-ldap-2.0.0pre05/build/lib.solaris-2.8-sun4u-=
2.1/ldap/__init__.py",
> line 11, in ?
>     from _ldap import *
> ImportError: ld.so.1: python: fatal: libldap.so.2: open failed: No such=
 file or
> directory
>
> when i unset the variable the skript uses the version installed under
> python2.1/site-packages/ldap and it works.
> there seems to be something wrong with my built version, but i cannot f=
igure
> out what.
>
> regards, Ulf

I am sorry. I fixed that. i just needed to set the LD_LIBRARY_PATH to whe=
re the libs are..
(newbie :-)

cu, Ulf