Configuring the Python Interpreter to run from a shell on a Linux Computer

In cases where you need to run the bundled Python interpreter from a shell (for example, to install packages using the pip install mechanism), then you must first set the environment variable LD_LIBRARY_PATH so that the Python interpreter can run properly.

Before you begin

You must have administrator privileges on the Linux computer running the node manager.
On the Linux computer running the node manager, navigate to python-service-home and make a note of the service name. (For example, for the bundled Python interpreter, this location is is /opt/spotfire/nodemanager/<version.n.n-nnn>/nm/services/python-service-linux-<n.nn.n.nn-guid>.)

About this task

Running as administrator, perform this task from a bash shell on the Linux computer running the node manager.

Procedure

Export the environment variable LD_LIBRARY_PATH and set the environment variable path to python-service-home/python/lib.

export LD_LIBRARY_PATH="/opt/spotfire/nodemanager/<version.n.n-nnn>/nm/services/python-service-linux-<n.nn.n.nn-guid>/python/lib"

Results

The environment variable is now available to the Python interpreter, and the system can find the libraries required to run the interpreter from the shell.

Note: For more information about using pip to install packages, see Package library location.