import ROOT -> ImportError: No module named libPyROOT

[marco cammarata]

Binary package hint: root-system

On ubuntu 9.10, after having installed libroot-python-dev libroot-python5.18 and all the dependencies opening python and running "import ROOT" results in an error "ImportError: No module named libPyROOT".

I could solve the problem by "import sys; sys.path.append('/usr/lib/root/')" before running "import ROOT"
thanks,
marco

[Andy Buckley (andy-insectnation)]

+1 for fixing! A fix which would respect the convention of other Python packages would be to symlink the PyROOT .py and .so module files into /usr/lib/pythonXX/dist-packages -- I see that there are already symlinks into /usr/share/pyshared, but that location is not directly placed in the system PYTHONPATH: most /usr/lib/pythonXX/dist-packages files are actually symlinks into /usr/share/pyshared

[Lifeng Sun (lifongsun)]

fixed in 5.34.00-1

[Pooja Saxena (nrjrasaxena)]

Hello,
I am facing the same issue and honestly I do not understand the fix suggested in above post:
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A fix which would respect the convention of other Python packages would be to symlink the PyROOT .py and .so module files into /usr/lib/pythonXX/dist-packages
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I am working on Ubuntu 14.04. I will be happy to provide any information required.

Look forward to hear back,

thanks,
pooja