modify Gobject load library path for python

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In order to troubleshoot my Python Gstreamer app, I cloned and added some debug statements to the Gstreamer core. Now I want Python to load my private build of gstreamer, instead of the standard one in /usr/local/lib/gstreamer-1.0/. For the Gstreamer core, I modified LD_LIBRARY_PATH, but this has no effect. For the record, I'm running on 3.13.0-91-generic #138-Ubuntu.

I was able to do something similar for Gstreamer plugins using the env var GST_PLUGIN_PATH. I suspect that Gobject may use it's own environment variable to load libraries, but I haven't found it.

score 3 · Answer 1 · edited May 25 '18 at 20:14

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gi.require_version('GIRepository', '2.0')
from gi.repository import GIRepository
GIRepository.Repository.prepend_library_path('/my/custom/path')

edited May 25 '18 at 20:14

elboulangero

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answered Mar 06 '17 at 18:14

Lawrence I. Siden

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I think you would want to `.get_default()` on `GIRepository.Repository` before calling the prepend – Cimbali Nov 27 '22 at 20:23

modify Gobject load library path for python

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