Path: csiph.com!usenet.pasdenom.info!dedibox.gegeweb.org!gegeweb.eu!nntpfeed.proxad.net!proxad.net!feeder1-2.proxad.net!usenet-fr.net!nerim.net!novso.com!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed3.news.xs4all.nl!xs4all!newsgate.cistron.nl!newsgate.news.xs4all.nl!post.news.xs4all.nl!not-for-mail Return-Path: X-Original-To: python-list@python.org Delivered-To: python-list@mail.python.org X-Spam-Status: OK 0.007 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 0.99; '*S*': 0.00; 'subject:Python': 0.06; 'skip:/ 10': 0.09; 'subject:2.7': 0.09; 'wrapper': 0.09; 'python': 0.11; 'from:addr:torriem': 0.16; 'from:name:michael torrie': 0.16; 'libraries.': 0.16; 'path:': 0.16; 'tarball': 0.16; 'terse': 0.16; 'wrote:': 0.18; 'variable': 0.18; 'solution.': 0.20; 'machine': 0.22; 'installation': 0.23; 'header:User-Agent:1': 0.23; 'error': 0.23; 'library,': 0.24; "shouldn't": 0.24; 'skip:l 30': 0.24; 'fine': 0.24; 'environment': 0.24; 'source': 0.25; 'script': 0.25; 'this:': 0.26; 'post': 0.26; 'certain': 0.27; 'header:In-Reply- To:1': 0.27; 'installed': 0.27; 'correct': 0.29; 'on,': 0.29; 'am,': 0.29; 'sets': 0.30; 'along': 0.30; 'file:': 0.31; 'loading': 0.31; 'python2.7': 0.31; 'file': 0.32; 'this.': 0.32; 'run': 0.32; 'open': 0.33; 'linux': 0.33; 'worked': 0.33; 'running': 0.33; 'but': 0.35; 'there': 0.35; "he's": 0.36; 'message-id:@gmail.com': 0.38; 'depends': 0.38; 'to:addr:python- list': 0.38; 'explain': 0.39; '(from': 0.39; 'to:addr:python.org': 0.39; 'received:org': 0.40; 'solve': 0.60; 'further': 0.61; 'first': 0.61; 'email addr:gmail.com': 0.63; 'such': 0.63; 'provide': 0.64; 'below.': 0.71; 'skip:/ 30': 0.84 X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at torriefamily.org Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2014 21:04:20 -0700 From: Michael Torrie User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:17.0) Gecko/20131118 Thunderbird/17.0.11 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: python-list@python.org Subject: Re: Issues installing Python 2.7 References: <2680a96a-f5a9-44d8-b4b1-6e0ca32a53ed@googlegroups.com> In-Reply-To: <2680a96a-f5a9-44d8-b4b1-6e0ca32a53ed@googlegroups.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-BeenThere: python-list@python.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion list for the Python programming language List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Message-ID: Lines: 32 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1417061067 news.xs4all.nl 2887 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:57330 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:81616 To further explain my terse post from before (from my phone), see below. On 11/26/2014 10:09 AM, billyfurlong@gmail.com wrote: > Now the installation worked fine but shouldn't I see that it's using the correct version??? > > I also did try to run /opt/python2.7/bin/python2.7 and it give me this. > > [root@wmy machine bin]# python2.7 > python2.7: error while loading shared libraries: libpython2.7.so.1.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory > > Please help the newb. He's frustrated. So the longer answer is that only certain directories are searched by Linux for shared libraries. Python happens to provide a shared library, which it depends on, which is installed by the source tarball in /opt along with the binaries. There are a number of ways you can solve this: - Create a file in /etc/ld.so.conf.d/python2.7.conf and place in it the following path: /opt/python2.7/lib - before running /opt/python2.7/bin/python2.7, set the LD_LIBRARY_PATH environment variable (example in bash): $ LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/opt/python2.7/lib /opt/python2.7/bin/python2.7 - create a wrapper script in /usr/bin that sets LD_LIBRARY_PATH and execs python2.7 I recommend the first as a permanent solution.