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diff --git a/python/README.md b/python/README.md index bf92a943..1b5b9dff 100644 --- a/python/README.md +++ b/python/README.md @@ -50,21 +50,39 @@ Installation 4) Build and run the tests: $ python setup.py build - $ python setup.py google_test + $ python setup.py test - To build the C++ implementation run: - $ python setup.py build --cpp_implementation + To build, test, and use the C++ implementation, you must first compile + libprotobuf.so: + + $ (cd .. && make) + + On OS X: + + If you are running a homebrew-provided python, you must make sure another + version of protobuf is not already installed, as homebrew's python will + search /usr/local/lib for libprotobuf.so before it searches ../src/.libs + You can either unlink homebrew's protobuf or install the libprotobuf you + built earlier: - To test and use the C++ implementation, you must make libprotobuf.so - from the C++ build accessible. You can either install the C++ code - you built, or set LD_LIBRARY_PATH: + $ brew unlink protobuf + or + $ (cd .. && make install) - $ (cd .. && make install) - or - $ export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=../src/.libs + On other *nix: + + You must make libprotobuf.so dynamically available. You can either + install libprotobuf you built earlier, or set LD_LIBRARY_PATH: + + $ export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=../src/.libs + or + $ (cd .. && make install) + + To build the C++ implementation run: + $ python setup.py build --cpp_implementation Then run the tests like so: - $ python setup.py google_test --cpp_implementation + $ python setup.py test --cpp_implementation If some tests fail, this library may not work correctly on your system. Continue at your own risk. |