Make ROOT load libraries without the .so extension (#638)

* Make ROOT load libraries without the .so extension * Remove .so in error * Remove .so in an error message --------- Co-authored-by: jmcarcell <[email protected]>
AIDASoft · Jul 10, 2024 · acfe93f · acfe93f
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diff --git a/doc/python.md b/doc/python.md
@@ -10,9 +10,9 @@ To load the Python bindings from a generated C++ model dictionary, first make su
 ```python
 import ROOT
 
-res = ROOT.gSystem.Load('libGeneratedModelDict.so')
+res = ROOT.gSystem.Load('libGeneratedModelDict')
 if res < 0:
-    raise RuntimeError('Failed to load libGeneratedModelDict.so')
+    raise RuntimeError('Failed to load libGeneratedModelDict')
 ```
 
 For reference usage, see the [Python module of EDM4hep](https://github.com/key4hep/EDM4hep/blob/main/python/edm4hep/__init__.py).

diff --git a/python/podio/__init__.py b/python/podio/__init__.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 try:
     from ROOT import podio  # noqa: F401
 except ImportError:
-    print("Unable to load podio, make sure that libpodio.so is in LD_LIBRARY_PATH")
+    print("Unable to load podio, make sure that libpodio is in LD_LIBRARY_PATH")
     raise
 
 from .frame import Frame

diff --git a/tests/write_frame.py b/tests/write_frame.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
 import ROOT
 
-if ROOT.gSystem.Load("libTestDataModelDict.so") < 0:  # noqa: E402
+if ROOT.gSystem.Load("libTestDataModelDict") < 0:  # noqa: E402
     raise RuntimeError("Could not load TestDataModel dictionary")
 
 from ROOT import (  # pylint: disable=wrong-import-position