Cannot find MacOS.so

Question

Hi I'm trying to use a Python library which apparently must load code from MacOS.so, but it cannot be found on my system. I've tried linking to other ones found with the locate command, but with complaints about flat namespace.

I'm wondering if it's required then why is it not packaged with other libraries? Where can I find the source for it perhaps, or even just more information about it?

Cheers

Answer 1

Depending on your version of Mac OS you'll have a different version of Python installed by default. Assuming you're running Snow Leopard (10.6.x), that version is Python 2.6.1.

MacOS.so can be found here:

/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.6/lib/python2.6/lib-dynload/MacOS.so

You shouldn't really have to worry about this. If you're using the default installation of Python found at /usr/bin/python, utilizing this module is as simple as:

import MacOS