libcsnd.so.5.1 needs to be found by the dynamic linker. Either
add it to /usr/lib or /usr/local/lib or perhaps /usr/lib64 etc in 64 bit OSs
or use LD_LIBRARY_PATH to point to where it is. Also try
running ldconfig.

Victor
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dave Phillips" 
To: 
Sent: Saturday, May 17, 2008 12:49 PM
Subject: [Csnd] testing the example Python scripts


> Greetings,
>
> I finally got around to testing the Python examples in 5.08. They didn't 
> work.
>
> To recap, here's the scenario: I've built and installed 5.08 with 
> double-precision, the interface wrappers, and the Python extensions. The 
> file _csnd.so is built but not installed with install.py. The file 
> libcsnd.so is built and found in OPCODEDIR64. The csnd.py file has been 
> placed in the site packages directory at /usr/local/lib/python2.5. 
> According to directions from this list I also placed _csnd.so in the site 
> packages directory.
>
> I tested TrappedCsd.py and received this error:
>
> dlphilp@64studio:~/src/csound5.08/examples$ python TrappedCsd.py
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>  File "TrappedCsd.py", line 6, in 
>    import csnd
>  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.5/site-packages/csnd.py", line 7, in 
> 
>    import _csnd
> ImportError: libcsnd.so.5.1: cannot open shared object file: No such file 
> or directory
>
>
> OPCODEDIR64 is set in my .bashrc file. I softlinked libcsnd.so 
> libcsnd.so.5.1 but that didn't make a difference. Is _csnd.so hard-coded 
> to look for libcsnd.so.5.1 elsewheres ? Perhaps I'm missing an environment 
> variable ?
>
> At this point I think I've done everything I've been directed to do, but 
> still get no joy with any Python/Csound scripts. Further suggestions are 
> most welcome. :)
>
> Double-precision Csound is a no-go with AlgoScore. Is it perhaps a problem 
> with Python too ?
>
> Best,
>
> dp
>
>
>
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