How to set extra link argument in Python module setup?

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I am using setup tools to build a Python module and I need to add extra links. Parameter extra_link_args is not working.

Hi. Thanks. It is solved. The problem was that extra_link_args is not a parameter to setup, but a parameter to Extension. — Ratmil, Jul 02 '18 at 21:26
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score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 03 '18 at 19:19

As I said, extra_link_args is not an argument to setup. It would be like this:

extra_link_args = []

if platform.system() == 'Darwin':
    extra_link_args.append('-Wl,-rpath,' + lib_path)

setup(
    name='Mymodule',
    #extra_link_args = extra_link_args this is wrong
     ext_modules = [Extension("_mymodule", ["mycfile.c"],
                         depends=[],
                         libraries = [':mylib.a'],
                         extra_link_args = extra_link_args, #this is right
                   )],

How to set extra link argument in Python module setup?

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