Python Mapscript

[Sean Gillies]

On Dec 11, 2005, at 3:26 PM, Michael Hinke wrote:

> Hello-
>
> I am in the process of trying to configure Mapserver 4.6.1 for Python
> mapscript.  When I test the installation I receive several errors,  
> the are:
>
>
> [mike at azuma cases]$ python runalltests.py -v
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "runalltests.py", line 59, in ?
>     m = __import__(test)
>   File
> "/home/mike/gsource/mapserver-4.6.1/mapscript/python/tests/cases/ 
> symbolsettest.py",
> line 39, in ?
>     from testing import mapscript, MapTestCase, TESTMAPFILE,  
> XMARKS_IMAGE
>   File
> "/home/mike/gsource/mapserver-4.6.1/mapscript/python/tests/cases/ 
> testing.py",
> line 61, in ?
>     import mapscript
>   File "../../build/lib.linux-i686-2.4/mapscript.py", line 4, in ?
>     import _mapscript
> ImportError: libpq.so.4: cannot open shared object file: No such  
> file or
> directory
>
> I assume that this has to do with changing paths.  Any ideas?  Uh,  
> I am new
> to all of this.
>
> M.

Michael,

Looks like libpq isn't on your library path. On my Linux system,  
libpq is in /usr/local/pgsql/lib, and I had to add that path to  
LD_LIBRARY_PATH.

BTW, 4.6.2 is out and has a couple useful bug fixes.

cheers,
Sean

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