libboost_python-py34.so.1.55.0 not found

[oheim]

Unfortunately, I cannot pip install on GNU/Linux, so I am using the .whl for Version 1.1.3 from IAMOOC for installation.

I get the following error message at runtime when using pyIbex for the first time, see https://travis-ci.org/oheim/ITF1788/builds/91987788#L385

ImportError: libboost_python-py34.so.1.55.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

The whole thing happens at Travis-CI, so this should be an Ubuntu 12.04 LTS with Python 3.4. Why is the boost library not found?

[oheim]

I have figured out that package libboost-python1.55.0 from ppa:boost-latest/ppa is for python 3.2 only. Do you know any ppas for python 3.4? Building boost from source is not an option in the Travis build script.

[benEnsta]

I agree with you and that is why boost-python need to be recompiled.
For the moment I don't have ppa for boost. However, with ubuntu 14.04, the libboost-python1.55 package has been compiled with python 3.4. Maybe travis will update its database in the future.

[oheim]

Thanks for the hint. I could download the package from http://packages.ubuntu.com/vivid/libboost-python1.55.0 and successfully dpkg -i

[eudoxos]

@oheim: would you mind sharing some details? Did you have to download all the rest of boost? Or you only got that binary from vivid and compiled using headers from trusty? I am facing the same problem in a different project.

[benEnsta]

Normally libboost-python1.55-dev includes headers and libs but not the rest of boost.
If you want to avoid boost dependancies, take a look at pybind11.
I will use it instead of boost-python in the next version of this project.

[oheim]

@eudoxos, here is what I did to get pyIbex running on Travis CI:
oheim/ITF1788@18a193d

I was happy when I finally had it up and running and didn't dare to touch it since then ;-)

[eudoxos]

Thanks for links :)