[Xapian-discuss] problem compiling static python bindings

[Noah Hoffman]

Hello -

I'm attempting to compile xapian bindings for python for use on a
shared (university-based) web server, so I've had to compile
everything (python, xapian-core) in my home directory using
"--prefix=$HOME/public_html/local". Here's some system info:

uname -a
... i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux

gcc --version
gcc (GCC) 3.2.3 20030502 (Red Hat Linux 3.2.3-59)

$HOME/public_html/local/bin/python2.5
Python 2.5.1 (r251:54863, Feb  5 2008, 13:48:55)
[GCC 3.2.3 20030502 (Red Hat Linux 3.2.3-59)] on linux2

Compiling normally:

wget http://www.oligarchy.co.uk/xapian/1.0.5/xapian-bindings-1.0.5.tar.gz
tar -xzvf xapian-bindings-1.0.5.tar.gz
cd xapian-bindings-1.0.5
export XAPIAN_CONFIG=$HOME/public_html/local/bin/xapian-config
export PYTHON=$HOME/public_html/local/bin/python2.5
./configure --prefix=$HOME/public_html/local --with-python && make &&
make install

This completes without errors and results in the following:

ldd $HOME/public_html/local/lib/python2.5/site-packages/_xapian.so
        libxapian.so.15 =>
/rc21/d75/labmed1/public_html/local/lib/libxapian.so.15 (0x00cf4000)
        libstdc++.so.5 => /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.5 (0x009b1000)
        libm.so.6 => /lib/tls/libm.so.6 (0x0075a000)
        libc.so.6 => /lib/tls/libc.so.6 (0x00111000)
        libgcc_s.so.1 => /lib/libgcc_s.so.1 (0x00fd0000)
        libz.so.1 => /usr/lib/libz.so.1 (0x006d6000)
        /lib/ld-linux.so.2 => /lib/ld-linux.so.2 (0x00ad2000)

However, I believe that I need to compile the python bindings
statically, because attempts to import xapian from the cgi script (I'm
using MoinMoin - moin.cgi, for what it's worth) result in an error:

libxapian.so.15: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

I've tried to set LD_LIBRARY_PATH from within the script (using
os.environ['LD_LIBRARY_PATH'] = some_val) to every possible absolute
or relative path that I can think of, but I get the same error. But in
any case, I don't think that the cgi script has access to the
filesystem where libxapian.so.15 is located.

When I try to compile statically, I get an error:

make distclean
./configure --prefix=$HOME/public_html/local --with-python
--enable-shared=no --enable-static=yes && make && make install

...
checking whether to build shared libraries... no
checking whether to build static libraries... yes
...

make[4]: Entering directory
`/nfs/aesop02/rc21/d75/labmed1/src/xapian-bindings-1.0.5/python'
/bin/sh ../libtool --tag=CXX   --mode=compile g++ -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I.
-I..  -I/rc21/d75/labmed1/public_html/local/include/python2.5
-fno-strict-aliasing -Wall -Wno-unused -Wno-uninitialized
-I/rc21/d75/labmed1/public_html/local/include -g -O2 -MT
xapian_wrap.lo -MD -MP -MF .deps/xapian_wrap.Tpo -c -o xapian_wrap.lo
`test -f 'modern/xapian_wrap.cc' || echo './'`modern/xapian_wrap.cc
 g++ -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I..
-I/rc21/d75/labmed1/public_html/local/include/python2.5
-fno-strict-aliasing -Wall -Wno-unused -Wno-uninitialized
-I/rc21/d75/labmed1/public_html/local/include -g -O2 -MT
xapian_wrap.lo -MD -MP -MF .deps/xapian_wrap.Tpo -c
modern/xapian_wrap.cc -o xapian_wrap.o
mv -f .deps/xapian_wrap.Tpo .deps/xapian_wrap.Plo
/bin/sh ../libtool --tag=CXX   --mode=link g++ -fno-strict-aliasing
-Wall -Wno-unused -Wno-uninitialized
-I/rc21/d75/labmed1/public_html/local/include -g -O2 -avoid-version
-module   -o _xapian.la -rpath
/rc21/d75/labmed1/public_html/local/lib/python2.5/site-packages
xapian_wrap.lo -L/rc21/d75/labmed1/public_html/local/lib -lxapian
-lstdc++
mkdir .libs
ar cru .libs/_xapian.a  xapian_wrap.o
ranlib .libs/_xapian.a
creating _xapian.la
(cd .libs && rm -f _xapian.la && ln -s ../_xapian.la _xapian.la)
cp `test -f modern/xapian.py || echo './'`modern/xapian.py .
PYTHONPATH=".:.libs" /rc21/d75/labmed1/public_html/local/bin/python2.5
-c "import _xapian;import xapian"
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<string>", line 1, in <module>
ImportError: No module named _xapian
make[4]: *** [xapian.pyc] Error 1
make[4]: Leaving directory
`/nfs/aesop02/rc21/d75/labmed1/src/xapian-bindings-1.0.5/python'
make[3]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make[3]: Leaving directory
`/nfs/aesop02/rc21/d75/labmed1/src/xapian-bindings-1.0.5/python'
make[2]: *** [all] Error 2
make[2]: Leaving directory
`/nfs/aesop02/rc21/d75/labmed1/src/xapian-bindings-1.0.5/python'
make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory
`/nfs/aesop02/rc21/d75/labmed1/src/xapian-bindings-1.0.5'
make: *** [all] Error 2

Can anyone suggest a way to make things work given this information?
I'm at the limit of my understanding here.

Thanks.