[Qgis-user] Error importing qgis in python

[William Kyngesburye]

I believe the Python features of Qgis are supposed to be used from  
within Qgis, either in plugins or the builtin python console.  It  
certainly is compiled that way, even if it is supposed to be possible.

On Nov 5, 2009, at 8:24 AM, Daniel Arribas-Bel wrote:

> Hi All!
>
> I'm trying to import qgis into python outside the standard qgis  
> python console. I've set ht PYTHONPATH like the following:
>
> export PYTHONPATH=${PYTHONPATH}:"/Applications/qgis1.0.0.app/ 
> Contents/MacOS/share/qgis/python/"
> Then I fire up a fresh terminal, open ipython and try to import it  
> getting the following:
>
> In [3]: import qgis.core
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
> ImportError                               Traceback (most recent  
> call last)
>
> /Users/dreamessence/<ipython console> in <module>()
>
> ImportError: dlopen(/Applications/qgis1.0.0.app/Contents/MacOS/share/ 
> qgis/python/qgis/core.so, 2): Library not loaded: @executable_path/ 
> lib/libqgis_core.1.0.dylib
>   Referenced from: /Applications/qgis1.0.0.app/Contents/MacOS/share/ 
> qgis/python/qgis/core.so
>   Reason: image not found
>
> In [4]:
>
> Any suggestions/ideas why it's happening? How could I make it work?  
> If I'm on the python console within qgis it works fine.
>
> I'm on MacOS 10.5 and qGIS-1.0.0
>
> Thank you very much,
>
> ]d[
>
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>
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>
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> )
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