lib3ddevil1/bindings/__init__.py

import ctypes, os, sys

def loadlibc():
    libc = None
#    os.environ['PATH'] = os.path.abspath(
#                            os.path.join(
#                                os.path.dirname(__file__), "../")) \
#                         + ';' \
#                         + os.environ['PATH']
    # __file__ is this __init__.py
    # This assumes that the repo's directory has not been modified
    # and that 
    so   = '/lib3ddevil1.so'
    libdir = os.path.abspath(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), "../"))
    sharedlib = libdir + so
    try:
        libc      = ctypes.cdll.LoadLibrary(sharedlib)
    except OSError as e:
        print("Error loading dynamically linked library.\nOSError: " + str(e))
        raise RuntimeError("Couldn't load %s" % sharedlib)
    return libc

libc = loadlibc()