Roger Koehler wrote: > Bruce Dubbs <bruce.dubbs <at> gmail.com> writes: >> Roger Koehler wrote: >>> How do I configure Python to use /opt/lib? >> >> Try 'export LIBRARY_PATH=/opt/lib' >> >> Note that LD_LIBRARY_PATH and /etc/ld.so.conf are used at runtime, not >> build time. > > Thank you, Bruce. That fixed python. Unfortunately, I am still unable to > install xcb-proto. I tried re-installing python with the path variables > defined > as you describe and then trying xcb-proto again. I get the following messages > after running 'make install': > > make[2]: Nothing to be done for `install-exec-am'. > /bin/mkdir -p '/opt/lib/python2.7/site-packages/xcbgen' > /usr/bin/install -c -m 644 __init__.py error.py expr.py matcher.py state.py > xtypes.py '/opt/lib/python2.7/site-packages/xcbgen' > /opt/bin/python: error while loading shared libraries: libpython2.7.so.1.0: > cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory > make[2]: *** [install-pkgpythonPYTHON] Error 127
Take a look at the python man page. They have several environment variables that look promising. Personally, I'd just put python in /usr and let it go at that. Putting Xorg in /opt is not difficult to do. -- Bruce -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/faq/ Unsubscribe: See the above information page