clang.cindex.LibclangError: libclang.so

[robertjwright]

I get the following error after installing llvm, clang, libclang-dev via package manager and installing the python bindings from the link in the readme (tar file, then python setup.py install):

clang.cindex.LibclangError: libclang.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory. To provide a path to libclang use Config.set_library_path() or Config.set_library_file().

Which distro did you use?
Which packages did you install?
How did you install the python bindings?

[elliotchance]

So... here comes the embarrassing part. I don't actually know what I did to set it up correctly, at least I couldn't replicate my steps for the travis build (mac => linux).

However, not all is lost. I am almost finished working on a refactor that removes the need for any binary bindings or python libraries. It uses the natural clang output from the command line to build the AST. This should make it a lot less brittle (clang AST API is not stable and has changed many times) and not require any libraries in the middle.

Stay tuned, I will post a PR for those changes shortly. I won't close this issue until that PR has been merged in 😄

[elliotchance]

Hi @robertjwright, please try again with v0.2.1. You should be able to run the same commands as travis now: https://github.com/elliotchance/c2go/blob/master/.travis.yml#L13

[elliotchance]

I am closing this since c2go no longer relies on python clang libraries.