python for bindings

[davydden]

how do we search for Python to be used with Python bindings?

I have export PYTHONHOME=<blabla> environment variable set, export CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH= contains prefix to the installed Python, export PATH= has path to python executable but still dealii picks up system python:

    -- Setting up python bindings
    -- Found PythonLibs: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libpython3.6m.so (found version "3.6.3")
    -- Found PythonInterp: /usr/bin/python3.6 (found version "1.4")

[Rombur]

We use this and this. So you need to use -DPYTHON_LIBRARY and -DPYTHON_INCLUDE_DIR to set the library correctly and -DPYTHON_EXECUTABLE to set the interpretor.

[davydden]

thanks @Rombur , that worked! I completely overlooked these settings.

[Rombur]

Apparently it is fixed in CMake master https://gitlab.kitware.com/cmake/cmake/commit/1673923c303c6a4184904c4c5849911feddb87e7