Find pycdec

1 files changed, 15 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/realtime/rt/__init__.py b/realtime/rt/__init__.py
index 738777f3..fbde8f4d 100644
--- a/realtime/rt/__init__.py
+++ b/realtime/rt/__init__.py
@@ -1,3 +1,18 @@
+# Add pycdec to the Python path if user hasn't
+import os
+import sys
+try:
+    import cdec
+except ImportError as ie:
+    try:
+        pycdec = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)))), 'python')
+        sys.path.append(pycdec)
+        import cdec
+    except:
+        sys.stderr.write('Error: cannot import pycdec.  Please check the cdec/python is built.\n')
+        raise ie
+
+# Regular init imports
 from rt import *
 import aligner
 import decoder