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Re: Is it possible to statically link python into gdb?
- From: Tim Sander <tim at krieglstein dot org>
- To: gdb at sourceware dot org, Terry Guo <flameroc at gmail dot com>
- Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2014 15:49 +0200
- Subject: Re: Is it possible to statically link python into gdb?
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Hi Terry
> I am trying to build a gdb with python support which doesn't depend on
> system python at all. I can manage to build python into static library
> like libpython2.7.a, then I can see that this static library is linked
> into gdb. With command ldd, there is no libpython dependence in final
> gdb. So far all good. But when run this gdb on another machine, I ran
> into below errors and gdb can't be initiated:
>
> Could not find platform independent libraries <prefix>
> Could not find platform dependent libraries <exec_prefix>
> Consider setting $PYTHONHOME to <prefix>[:<exec_prefix>]
>
> I am working on Ubuntu x86 machines with gdb from master branch and
> Python 2.7. Could some one please help me? Thanks in advance.
I don't know much about python but might it be that you need the *.py files
of PYTHONHOME/lib nevertheless to get a running python interpreter?
Best regards
Tim