How libpython1.5.so

[Andrew M. Kuchling]

Nick Belshaw writes:
>Whilst trying to get Python plugins to work on Gnumeric-0.23 I bumped up
>against the need for libpython1.5.so.0.0.0

	Python doesn't build a .so file, so I think the Gnumeric
people must have hacked Python to build one; you may want to check
with them and see if they have build instructions or an RPM available.
Alternatively, you can make a shareable libpython by setting the
CFLAGS environment variable to "-fPIC" before running ./configure and
compiling Python.  Then, turn libpython.a into libpython.so with "gcc
-shared -o libpython.so libpython.a" (the exact command may require
some tweaking), and copy libpython.so to wherever you like.
	
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