setup.py

from distutils.core import setup
from distutils.extension import Extension
from Cython.Distutils import build_ext
import numpy
import os

# If the user set UDUNITS2_PREFIX, use it. Otherwise check some standard locations.
udunits2_include = ""
udunits2_lib = ""

try:
    prefix = os.environ['UDUNITS2_PREFIX']
    udunits2_include = prefix + "/include/"
    udunits2_lib = prefix + "/lib/"
except:
    print "Environment variable UDUNITS2_PREFIX not set. Trying known locations..."
    prefixes = ["/usr/", "/usr/local/", "/opt/local/", "/sw/"]

    for path in prefixes:
        print "Checking '%s'..." % path

        if path == "/opt/local/":
            # Macports installs udunits2.h in /opt/local/include/udunits2/:
            udunits2_include = path + "include/udunits2/"
        else:
            udunits2_include = path + "include/"

        udunits2_lib = path + "lib/"

        try:
            os.stat(udunits2_include + "udunits2.h")
            print """Found UDUNITS-2 in '%s':
      include directory: %s
      library directory: %s""" % (path, udunits2_include, udunits2_lib)
            break
        except:
            pass

if udunits2_include == "" or udunits2_lib == "":
    print "Could not find UDUNITS-2. Stopping..."
    import sys
    sys.exit(1)


libraries=['udunits2']
extra_compile_args=["-w"]               # inhibit all warnings

# Define the extension
extension = Extension("udunits2",
                      sources=["udunits2.pyx"],
                      include_dirs=[numpy.get_include(), udunits2_include],
                      library_dirs=[udunits2_lib],
                      libraries=libraries,
                      extra_compile_args=extra_compile_args,
                      language="c")

setup(
    name = "udunits2",
    version = "0.1.0",
    description = "Python UDUNITS-2 wrapper",
    long_description = """
    Python wrapper for the UNIDATA UDUNITS-2 library""",
    author = "Constantine Khroulev",
    author_email = "ckhroulev@alaska.edu",
    url = "https://github.com/ckhroulev/py_udunits2",
    classifiers=[
        'Development Status :: 3 - Alpha',
        'Intended Audience :: Science/Research',
        'License :: OSI Approved :: GNU General Public License (GPL)',
        'Operating System :: MacOS :: MacOS X',
        'Operating System :: POSIX',
        'Programming Language :: Cython',
        'Programming Language :: Python',
        'Topic :: Scientific/Engineering',
        'Topic :: Utilities'
        ],
    cmdclass = {'build_ext': build_ext},
    ext_modules = [extension]
    )