How to pack boost.python so into a python module

Question

I've already created a so file using boost.python , and importing it in bash is just fine.

direct import like this

But now I'm wondering if it is possible to make it a regular python module . That means I don't want to mannually place the so file and it's dependencies in system path, or add LD_LIBRARY_PATH every time I use it. Are there any ways to achieve that?

Answer 1

You can make a module by using distutils . For example setup.py

from distutils.core import setup, Extension

ext_instance = Extension(
    'mylib_ext',
    sources=['main.cpp'],
    libraries=['boost_python-mt'],
)

setup(
    name='mylib',
    version='0.1',
    ext_modules=[ext_instance],
)

then build locally python setup.py build or install python setup.py install in the current environment