Minimum boost+python working example

hello.cpp

#include <Python.h>
#include <boost/python/module.hpp>
#include <boost/python/def.hpp>

using namespace boost::python;

char const* greet()
{
   return "hello, world";
}

BOOST_PYTHON_MODULE(hello)
{
    def("greet", greet);
}

setup.py

#setup.py
from distutils.core import setup
from distutils.extension import Extension
import os.path
import sys


include_dirs = ["/usr/include/boost","."]
libraries=["boost_python-py27"]
library_dirs=['/usr/local/lib', "/usr/lib/python2.7"]

files = ["hello.cpp"]

setup(name="hello",    
      ext_modules=[
                    Extension("hello",files,
                    library_dirs=library_dirs,
                    libraries=libraries,
                    include_dirs=include_dirs,
                    depends=[]),
                    ]
     )