Bug#928376: python3-gmsh: fail to use python API

[Pierre Joyot]

Package: python3-gmsh
Version: 4.1.3+ds1-1
Severity: important

Dear Maintainer,

Python fail to find gmsh lib.

$ python3
Python 3.7.3rc1 (default, Mar 13 2019, 11:01:15)
[GCC 8.3.0] on linux
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> import gmsh
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/gmsh.py", line 29, in <module>
    lib = CDLL(os.path.join(libdir, "libgmsh.so"))
  File "/usr/lib/python3.7/ctypes/__init__.py", line 356, in __init__
    self._handle = _dlopen(self._name, mode)
OSError: /usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/libgmsh.so: cannot open shared object
file: No such file or directory
>>>

using

sudo ln -s /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgmsh.so.4.1 /usr/lib/python3/dist-
packages/libgmsh.so

solve the problem

Sincerely yours



-- System Information:
Debian Release: buster/sid
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 4.19.0-4-amd64 (SMP w/8 CPU cores)
Kernel taint flags: TAINT_OOT_MODULE, TAINT_UNSIGNED_MODULE
Locale: LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=fr_FR.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE= (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
LSM: AppArmor: enabled

Versions of packages python3-gmsh depends on:
ii  libgmsh4.1  4.1.3+ds1-1
ii  python3     3.7.2-1

Versions of packages python3-gmsh recommends:
ii  gmsh  4.1.3+ds1-1

python3-gmsh suggests no packages.

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