Python.Runtime.dll.config under Mac OSX, Anaconda and brew mono
Hi,
First I installed mono with brew:
brew install mono
With anaconda under OSX El Capitan I managed to install pythonnet with no issues the development version with
pip install --pre pythonnet
Then, when trying to import clr in python I got the error
ImportError: System.DllNotFoundException: libpython2.7.so
I noticed the error was in Python.Runtime.dll.config since it assumes that any non-windows OS will have .so as extension for the libpython library; by example libpython2.7**.so** , but in anaconda and OSX, this should be libpython2.7.dylib.
This can be easily fixed by being more specific in Python.Runtime.dll.config about the os, such as:
<dllmap dll="python27.dll" target="libpython2.7.dylib" os="osx" />
<dllmap dll="python27" target="libpython2.7.so" os="linux" />
after modifying lib/python2.7/site-packages/Python.Runtime.dll.config using the previous convention then "import clr" works. All my code that uses pythonnet in Windows works with no issues in OSX. I'm attaching the modified Python.Runtime.dll.config. I do not know if other python installations in OSX have a different extension other than .dylib. AFAIR, Canopy uses also dylib, which is the standard for OSX dynamic libraries.
Regards