How to import python module from .so file?
boost-python, c++, python
Solution
It must be called `hello_world.so`, not `libhello_world.so`.
Problem
``` [me@hostname python]$ cat hello_world.cc #include <string> #include <Python.h> #include <boost/python.hpp> namespace { std::string greet() { return "Helloworld"; } } using namespace boost::python; BOOST_PYTHON_MODULE(hello_world) { def("greet",greet); } [me@hostnmae python]$ g++ -c -fPIC hello_world.cc -I/path/to/boost/headers -I/path/to/python/headers -o hello_world.o [me@hostname python]$ g++ -shared -Wl,-soname,libhello_world.so -o libhello_world.so hello_world.o [me@hostname python]$ python Python 2.7.1 (r271:86832, Jan 10 2011, 09:46:57) [GCC 3.4.5 20051201 (Red Hat 3.4.5-2)] on linux2 Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information. >>> import sys >>> sys.path.append('.') >>> import hello_world Traceback (most recent call last): File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module> ImportError: No module named hello_world >>> ``` I created the .so file as shown above but I'm not able to import inside python. what am I missing?