cmake finds wrong python libs

You can tell cmake where to find this PythonLibs by specifying the path to your python libraries like this:

cmake -DPYTHON_LIBRARIES=/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/libpython2.7.dylib .

This will then set the ${PYTHON_LIBRARIES} inside cmake to the right path.

To find out which other possible options (besides PYTHON_LIBRARIES) you can give to cmake (with the -DARG option) try running

ccmake .

Then press c to configure, and t for advanced options.

For example, you might also want to set

-DPYTHON_LIBRARY='/softwarepath/Python/Python2.7/lib/libpython2.7.so'-DPYTHON_INCLUDE='/softwarepath/Python/Python2.7/include'

The best way to solve the problem that the wrong version is found (for instance 3.0 instead of 2.7) is to specify the minimum version to find_package (this will choose any version >= 2.7):

FIND_PACKAGE(PythonLibs 2.7 REQUIRED)

or to get the exact version:

FIND_PACKAGE(PythonLibs 2.7.5 EXACT REQUIRED)

You can setup manually on cmake libs \usr\share\cmake-3.2.3\Modules\FindPythonLibs.cmake:

set(PYTHON_LIBRARY "\\usr\\lib\\python2.7")set(PYTHON_INCLUDE_DIR "\\usr\\include\\python2.7")