PythonInfo Class Reference

Detect Python and retrieve information. More...

#include <OpenMS/SYSTEM/PythonInfo.h>

Static Public Member Functions
static bool	canRun (String &python_executable, String &error_msg)
	Determine if Python is installed and executable. More...
static bool	isPackageInstalled (const String &python_executable, const String &package_name)
	Determine if the Python given in python_executable has the package package_name already installed. More...
static String	getVersion (const String &python_executable)
	Determine the version of Python given in python_executable by calling '–version'. More...

Detailed Description

Detect Python and retrieve information.

Similar classes exist for other external tools, e.g. JavaInfo .

Member Function Documentation

canRun()

static bool canRun ( String &  python_executable, String &  error_msg  )

static

Determine if Python is installed and executable.

The call fails if either Python is not installed or if a relative location is given and Python is not on the search PATH. If Python is found, the executable name will be modified to the absolute path. If Python is not found, an error message will be put into error_msg

Parameters

python_executable	Path to Python executable. Can be absolute, relative or just a filename
error_msg	On error, contains detailed error description (e.g.

Returns

Returns false if Python executable can not be called; true if Python executable can be executed

getVersion()

static String getVersion ( const String &  python_executable )

static

Determine the version of Python given in python_executable by calling '–version'.

If Python cannot be found, the function will return the empty string. Thus, make sure that PythonInfo::canRun() succeeds before calling this function.

Parameters

python_executable

As determined by canRun()...

Returns

the output of 'python –version'

isPackageInstalled()

static bool isPackageInstalled ( const String &  python_executable, const String &  package_name  )

static

Determine if the Python given in python_executable has the package package_name already installed.

If Python cannot be found, the function will just return false. Thus, make sure that PythonInfo::canRun() succeeds before calling this function.

Parameters

python_executable	As determined by canRun()...
package_name	The package you want to test (mind lower/upper case!)

Returns

true if package is installed