[Mapserver-users] Python Mapscript setup and import

[Ken Bolton]

Hi MapServer-Users List,

I am trying to use a system that relies on python mapscript. I have 
successfully configured and compiled MapServer 4.2. From there, i go to 
the mapscript/python/ directory and have run both "sudo python setup.py 
install" and "sudo python setup_wnone.py install". In either instances, 
when I invoke the python interpreter and attempt to import mapscript, I 
get an error. I've googled and searched the list, but can't find 
anything. Is there something obvious I'm missing? The interpreter 
session is below. Is there any other info that would be helpful in 
solving this?

cheers,
Ken

Python 2.3.4 (#2, Jun 19 2004, 18:15:30)
[GCC 3.3.4 (Debian)] on linux2
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 >>> import mapscript
Traceback (most recent call last):
   File "<stdin>", line 1, in ?
   File "/usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/mapscript.py", line 4, in ?
     import _mapscript
ImportError: /usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/_mapscript.so: undefined 
symbol: msSaveImage