Setting python include path to external pyd library

[GeordieM]

Hi all, I know python but am just starting out uncovering how to get things really working.

 

I have a .pyd file which I need to reference in a script but it cannot be moved into any Houdini folders, it has a lot of dependencies to relative paths in it's folder (a whole game engine).

 

I'm running Win 7 so I'm relying on Houdini's Python not the system install.

 

Where/how do I set an include path to external Python libraries in Houdini's Python?

 

Thanks!

 

Geordie

[edward]

https://docs.python.org/2/tutorial/modules.html#the-module-search-path

[GeordieM]

Thanks for the reply edward!

 

What I'm wondering though is how do most people set this up in Houdini.  Do people usually set PYTHONPATH in houdini.env or use sys.path.append in a startup script or something else?

 

Thanks!

 

Geordie

[kgmcnamara]

It's an old thread but replying here because I don't think the documentation is very clear on this so it took me a while to refresh myself on how to do this. There are a few options, such as setting in your pythonrc.py, but I find it easiest to add the following to my 123.py and 456.py files since I already set the JOB variable there:

import sys
sys.path.append("your_path")

 

[larabrian]

On 1/9/2018 at 12:24 AM, kgmcnamara said:

import sys sys.path.append("your_path")

The better (and more permanent) way to solve this is to set your PYTHONPATH, which provides the interpreter with additional
directories look in for python packages/modules.