How to install JPype on OS X Lion to use with Neo4j?

Question

I am trying to use Neo4j for a project, and want to interface with it through Python since I\'m a newbie to programming and don\'t know any Java. I\'m following the installa

Answer 1

On my Lion, the "include" directory in the JDK was gone, so JPype couldn't find jni.h.

I updated setup.py in two places, one to set where to find jar libraries:

def setupMacOSX(self):
    self.javaHome = '/System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework'
    self.jdkInclude = ""
    self.libraries = ["dl"]
    self.libraryDir = [self.javaHome+"/Home/lib"]
    self.macros = [('MACOSX',1)]

And one to set where to find jni.h:

def setupInclusion(self):
    self.includeDirs = [
        self.javaHome+"/Headers",