On 15 Nov, 22:11, "Diez B. Roggisch" <de...@nospam.web.de> wrote: > arve.knud...@gmail.com schrieb: > > > > > > > On 15 Nov, 21:24, "Diez B. Roggisch" <de...@nospam.web.de> wrote: > >> arve.knud...@gmail.com schrieb: > > >>> On 15 Nov, 20:05, "Diez B. Roggisch" <de...@nospam.web.de> wrote: > >>>> arve.knud...@gmail.com schrieb: > >>>>> Hi > >>>>> I need to link against Python, is there a way to get the path to the > >>>>> directory containing Python's C library (e.g., <exec-prefix>/libs on > >>>>> Windows)? > >>>> Most probably from the registry somehow. In general, try & locate a > >>>> python-executable, and make it execute > >>>> python -c "import sys; print sys.prefix" > >>>> Capture that, and you're done. Depending on the OS, the libs then are > >>>> placed in e.g. <prefix>/lib. > >>> That doesn't solve anything, the hard part is figuring out the part > >>> after <prefix> .. > >> AFAIK is that only varying based on the OS. Under unix, it's > > >> <prefix>/lib/python<version>/ > > >> You can get the platform via sys.platform. > > > Well, my point is that I should like a way to query for this > > directory, just as I can query distutils.sysconfig for the include > > directory and Python library (i.e., the standard Python library) > > directory. It's not trivial to figure out Python's installation scheme > > so long as it's not written in stone .. > > Well, than how about you word your question like that? But there is no > simple function to call. So the answer to the question you asked is: no. > > I showed you a way that works for current python, and consists of > stitching together a number of informations. > > Diez
My original question was pretty clear I think. And I don't have the required information to deduce what the library path may look like on any given platform, there really should be a standard function for this. Arve -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
