can't get basemap working: undefined symbol: PyUnicodeUCS4_DecodeUTF8

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I was able to get it working on my home machine, but can't get it installed
on my webhost. I get this error when I try to import the module:

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Python 2.6 (r26:66714, Apr 30 2009, 20:04:43)
[GCC 4.1.2 20080704 (Red Hat 4.1.2-44)] on linux2
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
(InteractiveConsole)

from mpl_toolkits.basemap import Basemap

/home/nbv4/lib/python2.6/dbflib/dbflib.py:2: RuntimeWarning: Python C API
version mismatch for module dbflibc: This Python has API version 1013,
module dbflibc has version 1012.
  import dbflibc
/home/nbv4/lib/python2.6/shapelib/shapelib.py:2: RuntimeWarning: Python C
API version mismatch for module shapelibc: This Python has API version 1013,
module shapelibc has version 1012.
  import shapelibc
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<console>", line 1, in <module>
  File "/home/nbv4/lib/python2.6/mpl_toolkits/basemap/__init__.py", line 43,
in <module>
    import _geoslib, netcdftime
ImportError: /home/nbv4/lib/python2.6/_geoslib.so: undefined symbol:
PyUnicodeUCS4_DecodeUTF8

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Any ideas as to what may be causing this?
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This is usually caused by a mismatch in the Unicode mode of the python interpreter and the extension module.

Python can be built to use either 2-byte or 4-byte Unicode code points. If you build an extension on a Python interpreter that uses one, but use it on another, this error is the most common result.

Did you build basemap using the same Python interpreter that you are using to run it?

Cheers,
Mike

nbv4 wrote:

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I was able to get it working on my home machine, but can't get it installed
on my webhost. I get this error when I try to import the module:

--------------------------------------

Python 2.6 (r26:66714, Apr 30 2009, 20:04:43) [GCC 4.1.2 20080704 (Red Hat 4.1.2-44)] on linux2
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
(InteractiveConsole)
  

from mpl_toolkits.basemap import Basemap
        

/home/nbv4/lib/python2.6/dbflib/dbflib.py:2: RuntimeWarning: Python C API
version mismatch for module dbflibc: This Python has API version 1013,
module dbflibc has version 1012.
  import dbflibc
/home/nbv4/lib/python2.6/shapelib/shapelib.py:2: RuntimeWarning: Python C
API version mismatch for module shapelibc: This Python has API version 1013,
module shapelibc has version 1012.
  import shapelibc
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<console>", line 1, in <module>
  File "/home/nbv4/lib/python2.6/mpl_toolkits/basemap/__init__.py", line 43,
in <module>
    import _geoslib, netcdftime
ImportError: /home/nbv4/lib/python2.6/_geoslib.so: undefined symbol:
PyUnicodeUCS4_DecodeUTF8

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Any ideas as to what may be causing this?
  
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Michael Droettboom
Science Software Branch
Operations and Engineering Division
Space Telescope Science Institute
Operated by AURA for NASA