{{{ mkdir gcc cd gcc mkdir bin ups vi ups/gcc.table envPrepend(PATH, ${PRODUCT_DIR}/bin) envPrepend(LD_LIBRARY_PATH, ${PRODUCT_DIR}/lib) envPrepend(DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH, ${PRODUCT_DIR}/lib) ln -s /usr/bin/g++43 bin/g++ ln -s /usr/bin/gcc43 bin/gcc # this one i am not so sure about ln -s /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux6E/4.3.2/ lib eups declare -c -r $PWD gcc 4.3.2 setup gcc }}} ---- {{{ $AFW_DIR/python/lsst/afw/detection/footprints.i : %template(FootprintContainerT) std::vector; $IP_DIFFIM_DIR/include/lsst/ip/diffim/SpatialModelCell.h : typedef std::vector FpPtrList; SpatialModelCell(FpPtrList fpPtrList); --or even-- SpatialModelCell(std::vector fpPtrList); $IP_DIFFIM_DIR/python/lsst/ip/diffim/diffimLib.i : %template(SpatialModelCellF) lsst::ip::diffim::SpatialModelCell; test code : foo = detection.FootprintContainerT() ipDiffim.SpatialModelCellF(foo) *** NotImplementedError: Possible C/C++ prototypes include: lsst::ip::diffim::SpatialModelCell< float >(std::vector< lsst::afw::detection::Footprint::Ptr,std::allocator< lsst::afw::detection::Footprint::Ptr > >) }}} The basic problem is that Swig does not know my 2 types, the one being sent and the one that SpatialModelCell is expecting, are the same. The solution: {{{ $IP_DIFFIM_DIR/python/lsst/ip/diffim/diffimLib.i : %import lsst/afw/detection/detectionLib.i }}}