import os from distutils.core import setup from distutils.extension import Extension from Cython.Distutils import build_ext # For demo purposes, we build our own tiny library. try: print "building libmymath.a" assert os.system("gcc -c mymath.c -o mymath.o") == 0 assert os.system("ar rcs libmymath.a mymath.o") == 0 except: if not os.path.exists("libmymath.a"): print "Error building external library, please create libmymath.a manually." sys.exit(1) # Here is how to use the library built above. ext_modules=[ Extension("call_mymath", sources = ["call_mymath.pyx"], include_dirs = [os.getcwd()], # path to .h file(s) library_dirs = [os.getcwd()], # path to .a or .so file(s) libraries = ['mymath']) ] setup( name = 'Demos', cmdclass = {'build_ext': build_ext}, ext_modules = ext_modules, )