[chimerax-users] Fwd: [Ext] Session Initiation Error

[Tom Goddard]

> From: Alexander Julian 
> 
> That did the trick.
> 
> Thank you so much.
> 



> On Thu, Apr 22, 2021 at 11:37 AM Tom Goddard <goddard at sonic.net <mailto:goddard at sonic.net>> wrote:
> Hi Alexander,
> 
>   Your error says it can't import libpython3.7m.so <http://libpython3.7m.so/> the Python language system library.  That suggests that you ran your test.py script in a strange way.  A few ways to run your Python script are
> 
> 	$ chimerax test.py
> 
> Don't start a graphical user interface.
> 
> 	$ chimerax --nogui.py
> 
> Start ChimeraX and after it starts use a ChimeraX command to open the script
> 
> 	$ chimerax
> 	ChimeraX command "open test.py"
> 
>   Tom
> 
> 	
> 
>> On Apr 22, 2021, at 8:34 AM, Alexander Julian <ajulian at hawk.iit.edu <mailto:ajulian at hawk.iit.edu>> wrote:
>> 
>> Good morning,
>> 
>> I am currently trying to create a python script that hides atoms and shows ribbons in a .pdb file.
>> 
>> However, I am getting an error while trying to initialize a session. I've been trying to debug the problem to the best of my ability, but I am unable to figure out the issue.
>> 
>> My code:
>> ```
>> import chimerax.core.session as cxsession
>> session = cxsession.Session('name')
>> ```
>> 
>> My error:
>> ```
>>  File "./test.py", line 15, in <module>
>>     session = cxsession.Session('name')
>>   File "/opt/UCSF/ChimeraX/lib/python3.7/site-packages/chimerax/core/session.py", line 437, in __init__
>>     self.app_name = app_name
>>   File "/opt/UCSF/ChimeraX/lib/python3.7/site-packages/chimerax/core/session.py", line 508, in __setattr__
>>     if not name.startswith('_') and self.snapshot_methods(value, base_type=StateManager) is not None:
>>   File "/opt/UCSF/ChimeraX/lib/python3.7/site-packages/chimerax/core/session.py", line 535, in snapshot_methods
>>     from .serialize import PRIMITIVE_TYPES
>>   File "/opt/UCSF/ChimeraX/lib/python3.7/site-packages/chimerax/core/serialize.py", line 42, in <module>
>>     from ._serialize import msgpack_serialize_stream, msgpack_deserialize_stream, PRIMITIVE_TYPES
>> ImportError: libpython3.7m.so.1.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
>> ```
>> 
>> I look forward to your assistance.
>> 
>> Best,
>> Alexander
>> 
>> -- 
>> Alexander T. Julian
>> PhD Student, Department of Biology, Microbiology
>> Bachelor of Science, Biomedical Engineering, Cell and Tissue Specialization 2021
>> Master of Advanced Study, Chemical Engineering 2021
>> Illinois Institute of Technology
>> Chicago, IL 60616
>> Phone (727)-735-7104
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