python_module.cmake

# Find if a Python module is installed
# Found at http://www.cmake.org/pipermail/cmake/2011-January/041666.html
# To use do: find_python_module(PyQt4 REQUIRED)
function(find_python_module module)
    string(TOUPPER ${module} module_upper)
    if(NOT PY_${module_upper})
        if(ARGC GREATER 1 AND ARGV1 STREQUAL "REQUIRED")
            set(${module}_FIND_REQUIRED TRUE)
        else()
            set(${module}_FIND_REQUIRED FALSE)
        endif()
        # A module's location is usually a directory, but for binary modules
        # it's a .so file.
        execute_process(COMMAND "${PYTHON_EXECUTABLE}" "-c"
            "import re, ${module}; print(re.compile('/__init__.py.*').sub('',${module}.__file__))"
            RESULT_VARIABLE _${module}_status
            OUTPUT_VARIABLE _${module}_location
            ERROR_QUIET
            OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE)
        if(NOT _${module}_status)
            set(PY_${module_upper} ${_${module}_location} CACHE STRING
                "Location of Python module ${module}")
        endif(NOT _${module}_status)
    endif(NOT PY_${module_upper})
    find_package_handle_standard_args(PY_${module} DEFAULT_MSG PY_${module_upper})
    if(NOT PY_${module_upper}_FOUND AND ${module}_FIND_REQUIRED)
        message(FATAL_ERROR "python module ${module} is not found")
    endif()
    set(PY_${module_upper}_FOUND ${PY_${module_upper}_FOUND} PARENT_SCOPE)
endfunction(find_python_module)