installing python mapscript

[Sean Gillies]

On Apr 26, 2005, at 2:14 PM, John C Cartwright wrote:

> Hello All,
>
> I'm trying to install and use python/mapscript in a non-standard
> directory (/extra/contrib/lib) and having some trouble.
>
> Here's my steps:
> 1) cd mapscript/python
> 2) copy mapscript.py, mapscript_wrap.c from modern/
> 3) python setup.py  build
> 4) python setup.py install --prefix=/extra/contrib
>
> This creates /extra/contrib/lib/python2.2/site-packages/ with the
> contents: mapscript.py  mapscript.pyc  _mapscript.so
>
> However when I try to use the module:
>
> [jcc at lynx jcc]$ python
> Python 2.2.3 (#1, Feb  2 2005, 12:20:51)
> [GCC 3.2.3 20030502 (Red Hat Linux 3.2.3-49)] on linux2
> Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>>> import sys
>>>> sys.path.append('/extra/contrib/lib/python2.2/site-packages/')
>>>> import mapscript
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>    File "<stdin>", line 1, in ?
>    File "/extra/contrib/lib/python2.2/site-packages/mapscript.py", line
> 4, in ?
>      import _mapscript
> ImportError: /extra/contrib/lib/python2.2/site-packages/_mapscript.so:
> undefined symbol: SE_state_get_info
>
>
> I'm sure that it's a configuration issue, but I'm afraid that I'm too
> much of a python novice to know exactly what the problem is. Can anyone
> provide a suggestion?
>
> Environment:
> python 2.2.3
> mapserver 4.4.2
> RHEL WS 3
>
> Thanks!
>
> -- john
>

John,

SE_state_get_info is from ArcSDE?  My wild guess is that your dynamic
linker cannot find the SDE DLL.  If you pasted your MapServer
configuration command, the mapscriptvars file, and the output from the
mapserver make and Python build, I will be glad to review them and see
if anything is obviously wrong.

cheers,
Sean


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