Re: [Python-sybase-misc] Installing python-sybase on Linux - SUCCESS!

[Jeffrey Z. <Jef...@q-...>]

Bingo!  That was the tip I needed.  I have now successfully connected to
one of our Sybase servers with python-sybase.  

 

By the way, it was only necessary for me to place the line:

 

    /opt/sybase/OCS-15_0/lib/

 

in a file that ldconfig could process.  It was _not_ necessary to
include the second line:

 

    /opt/sybase/OCS-15_0/devlib/

 

Thank you for your help, as well as to others who also tried to assist
me!

 

Regards,

Jeffrey Zelt

Q-Free ASA

 

 

The install seemed to go OK, but when I try to import the Sybase module
in a Python interpreter, I see the following exception:
  

<snip>



As you can see, it is complaining that it cannot find the shared library
"libsybtcl.so".  I have looked on my machine and there is a copy of
libsybtcl.so in both of these directories:
 
    /opt/sybase/OCS-15_0/lib/   
    /opt/sybase/OCS-15_0/devlib/
  

I'd guess, off hand, that neither of those directories is in the dynamic
library path unless you're logged in as sybase (and have ensured that
your .bashrc [or appropriate file] includes a call to source
/opt/sybase/SYBASE.sh [or the equivalent if you use the Korn shell]).

Now, you might also simply add those directories to the system dynamic
library path:
(I think this is pretty universal across different Linux versions, but
you can check via man ldconfig.) Create a file called (for instance)
/etc/ld.so.conf.d/sybase.conf with these two lines:



/opt/sybase/OCS-15_0/lib/
/opt/sybase/OCS-15_0/devlib/
 

Then run ldconfig. You should be in business.