[Pythonmac-SIG] [wxPython-users] Re: building wxPython on Mac OS X (10.5)

[Gabriel Rossetti]

Robin Dunn wrote:
> On 9/24/09 6:46 AM, gabriel.rossetti at arimaz.com wrote:
>
>   
>> it appears linked with the wrong version of
>> /usr/lib/libwx_macud-2.8.0.dylib, is that correct?
>>     
>
> Yes.
>
>   
>> If so, how can I fix
>> it?
>>
>>     
>
> Double check the wxWidgets build and install steps.  It should have used 
> your {prefix}/lib path for the wxMac lib but it fell back to the one 
> distributed by Apple in /usr/lib instead.  Hmm...  You didn't use 
> --enable-monolithic in your configure step, that's probably the problem.
>
>   

Ok, I ran it again and it works now, I must have made a mistake
somewhere. I didn't use --enable-monolithic though

> Note that the path to the dylib is embedded in the extension module .so 
> so even when you get this working at your install locations there will 
> still be issues with having something self contained that can be zipped 
> up and unzipped elsewhere.  To work around that you're either going to 
> have to set DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH or you can use install_name_tool to change 
> the embedded path name.  You can make that embedded name be relative to 
> the executable or the image loading the dylib (the .so extension modules 
> in this case) by using "@executable_path" or "@loader_path" in the path 
> name.
>   

Ok, thanks for the tip :-)