Description:

python doesn't find panda3d shared libraries. when attempting to run a simple:

import direct.directbase.DirectStart
run()

I get the message:

DirectStart: Starting the game.
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "hello.py", line 1, in <module>
import direct.directbase.DirectStart
File "/opt/panda3d/direct/src/directbase/DirectStart.py", line 3, in <module>
from direct.showbase import ShowBase
File "/opt/panda3d/direct/src/showbase/ShowBase.py", line 10, in <module>
from pandac.PandaModules import *
File "/opt/panda3d/pandac/PandaModules.py", line 1, in <module>
from libpandaexpressModules import *
File "/opt/panda3d/pandac/libpandaexpressModules.py", line 1, in <module>
from extension_native_helpers import *
File "/opt/panda3d/pandac/extension_native_helpers.py", line 75, in <module>
Dtool_PreloadDLL("libpandaexpress")
File "/opt/panda3d/pandac/extension_native_helpers.py", line 73, in Dtool_PreloadDLL
imp.load_dynamic(module, pathname)
ImportError: libp3dtool.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

running the file with LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/opt/panda3d/lib gets it to work.

This may affect i686 too, I don't know.

using 1.6.2-1