[Linux] Installation troubleshooting about libsfml-graphics

[ToadD-y]

Hi, i'm trying to install SFML for python.

I downloaded full python SDK from the website and follow the "how to install" about PySFML. Everything's fine, no error with the build and install command but when i wanna launch a script (a samples for example), i get this :

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Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "test_py.py", line 2, in <module>
    from PySFML import sf
ImportError: libsfml-graphics.so.1.6: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory


I took a look in the setup.py file and i saw this line :

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library_dirs=['../lib/mingw']


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why a mingw repository? It doesn't exist and so, i change this line by :

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library_dirs=['/usr/local/lib'']


(my libsfml-graphics.so.1.6 is located in this path)

I do the installation process again (build + install) but i get the same.

Thanks for your help.

[Tank]

You still need to build and install the normal SFML shared libraries (by firing "make" and "make install"). Since PySFML is a binding to SFML, libraries must be available.

[bastien]

Also make sure that your distribution doesn't provide an easy way to install PySFML before building it manually. For example on Arch Linux it's available as a package.