--- /dev/null
+#!/bin/sh
+
+path=`which python 2> /dev/null`
+
+if [ $? = 0 ]
+then
+ # Change this as needed
+ export PYTHON_INCLUDE=`python -c "import sys;print \"%s/include/python%d.%d\"%(sys.prefix,sys.version_info[0],sys.version_info[1])"`
+
+ [ ! -d "$PYTHON_INCLUDE" ] && echo python development missing && exit 1
+
+ ln -sf ../mltpp.i .
+
+ # Invoke swig
+ swig -c++ -I../../src `pkg-config mlt-framework --cflags` -python mltpp.i || exit $?
+
+ # Compile the wrapper
+ g++ -fPIC -D_GNU_SOURCE -c -rdynamic -pthread `pkg-config mlt-framework --cflags` -I$PYTHON_INCLUDE mltpp_wrap.cxx || exit $?
+
+ # Create the module
+ gcc -shared mltpp_wrap.o -L../../src -lmlt++ -o _mltpp.so || exit $?
+else
+ echo Python not installed.
+ exit 1
+fi