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<A NAME = "py_2"></A><H4>11.2 Installing the Python wrapper into Python
</H4>
<P>For Python to invoke LAMMPS, there are 2 files it needs to have:
<P>For Python to invoke LAMMPS, there are 2 files it needs to know about:
</P>
<UL><LI>python/lammps.py
<LI>src/liblammps.so
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</P>
<PRE>% python install.py <B>libdir</B> <B>pydir</B>
</PRE>
<P>The optional libdir is where to copy the LAMMPS shared library to;
the default is /usr/local/lib. The optional pydir is where to copy
the lammps.py file to; the default is the site-packages directory
of the Python running the install script.
<P>The optional libdir is where to copy the LAMMPS shared library to; the
default is /usr/local/lib. The optional pydir is where to copy the
lammps.py file to; the default is the site-packages directory of the
version of Python that is running the install script.
</P>
<P>Prefix the python command with "sudo" if it does not allow you to copy
files into system directories. If you do this, make sure that the
Python that root runs is the same as the Python you run. E.g. you may
need to do something like
<P>Note that libdir must be a location that is in your default
LD_LIBRARY_PATH, like /usr/local/lib or /usr/lib. And pydir must be a
location that Python looks in by default for imported modules, like
its site-packages dir. If you want to copy these files to
non-standard locations, such as within your own user space, you will
need to set your PYTHONPATH and LD_LIBRARY_PATH environment variables
accordingly, as above.
</P>
<P>If the instally.py script does not allow you to copy files into system
directories, prefix the python command with "sudo". If you do this,
make sure that the Python that root runs is the same as the Python you
run. E.g. you may need to do something like
</P>
<PRE>% sudo /usr/local/bin/python install.py <B>libdir</B> <B>pydir</B>
</PRE>
<P>You can also invoke install.py from the src directory as
<P>You can also invoke install.py from the make command in the src
directory as
</P>
<PRE>% make install-python
</PRE>