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-rwxr-xr-xPython/pywarpx/_libwarpx.py9
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