
On Mon, Feb 22, 2010 at 10:01 PM, Nils Wagner <nwagner@iam.uni-stuttgart.de> wrote:
ar x test.a gfortran -shared *.o -o libtest.so -lg2c
to build a shared library. The additional option -lg2c was necessary due to an undefined symbol: s_cmp
You should avoid the -lg2c option at any cost if compiling with gfortran. I am afraid that you got a library compiled with g77. If that's the case, you should use g77 and not gfortran. You cannot mix libraries built with one with libraries with another.
Now I am able to load the shared library
from ctypes import * my_lib = CDLL('test.so')
What are the next steps to use the library functions within python ?
You use it as you would use a C library: http://python.net/crew/theller/ctypes/tutorial.html But the fortran ABI, at least for code built with g77 and gfortran, pass everything by reference. To make sure to pass the right arguments, I strongly suggest to double check with the .h you received. cheers, David