Thank You very much Peter. However this is the output of what you told me to do. And i don't get an import error when i try to import Hdate under the django shell
Python 2.5.2 (r252:60911, Mar 30 2008, 02:18:56) [GCC 3.3.5 (Debian 1:3.3.5-13)] on linux2 Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information. >>> import hdate >>> import sys >>> from pprint import pprint >>> pprint(sys.path) ['', '/home/user/opt/lib/python2.5/site-packages/setuptools-0.6c5-py2.5.egg', '/home/user/opt/lib/python2.5/site-packages/MySQL_python-1.2.2-py2.5-linux-i686.egg', '/home/.debase/user', '/home/user/opt/lib/python2.5/site-packages', '/home/user/django/django_src', '/home/user/django/django_projects', '/home/user/opt/lib', '/home/user/opt/lib/python25.zip', '/home/user/opt/lib/python2.5', '/home/user/opt/lib/python2.5/plat-linux2', '/home/user/opt/lib/python2.5/lib-tk', '/home/user/opt/lib/python2.5/lib-dynload', '/home/user/opt/lib/python2.5/site-packages/PIL'] >>> On Mon, Jun 16, 2008 at 12:39 PM, Peter Bengtsson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > On Jun 16, 11:07 am, "James Matthews" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I am trying to import a library that is in a non-standard location > ~/opt/lib > > (I am in a shared environment) and i added it to my "LD_LIBRARY_PATH" > > however Django tells me it cannot find it and me a 500 error. > > > > In python i can import the library but not in Django. I compiled this > > library using Swig. > > > > Details: > > > > Error was: libhdate.so.1: cannot open shared object file: No such file or > > directory > > > > but in python... > > [machine]$ python -c "from hdate import Hdate" > > [machine]$ > > > > Clearly it's a different sys.path in the two pythons. > Assert yourself first that you're using the exact same python binary > for django and for python on the command line. > Try this: > $ python > >>> import hdate > >>> import sys > >>> from pprint import pprint > >>> pprint(sys.path) > > Then try it from the django shell > $ python manage.py shell > >>> import hdate > ... ImportError ... > >>> import sys > >>> from pprint import pprint > >>> pprint(sys.path) > > Then compare and find out what's going on. > > > > > Any help? > > > > James > > > > -- > http://search.goldwatches.com/?Search=Movado+Watcheshttp://www.jewelerslounge.comhttp://www.goldwatches.com > > > > -- http://search.goldwatches.com/?Search=Movado+Watches http://www.jewelerslounge.com http://www.goldwatches.com --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To post to this group, send email to django-users@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
