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| -rwxr-xr-x | Python/pywarpx/_libwarpx.py | 9 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Python/pywarpx/_libwarpx.py b/Python/pywarpx/_libwarpx.py index a6b4cdc90..cd6875c1c 100755 --- a/Python/pywarpx/_libwarpx.py +++ b/Python/pywarpx/_libwarpx.py @@ -74,8 +74,13 @@ libname = "libwarpx.{0}.{1}".format(geometry_dim, mod_ext) try: libwarpx = ctypes.CDLL(os.path.join(_get_package_root(), libname)) -except OSError: - raise Exception('"%s" was not installed. It can be installed by running "make" in the Python directory of WarpX' % libname) +except OSError as e: + value = e.args[0] + if f'{libname}: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory' in value: + raise Exception('"%s" was not installed. It can be installed by running "make" in the Python directory of WarpX' % libname) from e + else: + print("Failed to load the libwarpx shared object library") + raise # WarpX can be compiled using either double or float libwarpx.warpx_Real_size.restype = ctypes.c_int |