built with --enable-shared but get error: libpython2.3.so.1.0: can't open shared object file

[Manfred Bartz]

turner at mmedia.is (Douglass Turner) writes:

> python: error while loading shared libraries: libpython2.3.so.1.0:
> cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
>
> This is really, really, frustrating. The file does in fact live in
> /usr/local/lib. ...

Try running

    /sbin/ldconfig -v | less

it should list libpython2.3.so.1.0 and starting python should now
automagically load the shared library.

-- 
Manfred