Compiling Gildas with your custom Python (if any)

If you compiled and installed a custom version of Python and the needed modules, then you can run the usual Gildas administrative scripts:

cd <installation-directory>
tar xvzf gildas-src-jul14.tgz
cd gildas-src-jul14
source admin/gildas-env.sh [-c <compiler>]
# read carefully the messages (in particular those for Python)
make
make install
# read the last instructions

If you followed correctly the installation of your custom Python and the compilation of Gildas, Gildas is now binded to your custom Python libraries. You have then 2 possibilities:

• if you use Python inside Gildas (i.e. SIC$\backslash$PYTHON commands), you can safely revert the python command to its original state. Gildas will use your custom Python libraries, including its specific syntax and rules.
• if you use the Gildas-Python modules (e.g. pygreg, pyclass) in Python, then you must import them from your custom Python executable. Either you keep it permanently in your $PATH, either you call it explictly by a custom name (e.g. python34) before importing the modules. Here also this means you have to use the correct syntax and rules.