Anaconda Python virtualdev can't find libpython3.5m.so.1.0 on Windows Subsystem for Linux (Ubuntu 14.04)

Question

I installed Python 3.5.2 using Anaconda 4.1.1 on the Windows Anniversary Edition Linux Subsystem (WSL), which is more or less embedded Ubuntu 14.04.5 LTS.

I installed virtualenv using:

pip install virtualenv

Then I tried to create a virtual environment inside ~/temp :

user@host:~$ virtualenv ~/temp/test
Using base prefix '/home/user/anaconda3'
New python executable in /home/user/temp/test/bin/python
/home/user/temp/test/bin/python: error while loading shared libraries: libpython3.5m.so.1.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
ERROR: The executable /home/user/temp/test/bin/python is not functioning
ERROR: It thinks sys.prefix is '/home/user' (should be '/home/user/temp/test')
ERROR: virtualenv is not compatible with this system or executable

It's easy to assume that this is just a WSL issue, but everything else was working so far, and I've seen similar errors reported on Ubuntu. Any idea what the problem is?

Answer 1

I have not experienced the same issue or tried to replicate the WSL environment. But usually when something similar happens with other libraries it is just likely to be a poorly configured environment. You have to checkout your library path:

echo $LD_LIBRARY_PATH

And make sure the directory that holds libpython is there. If not:

export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$LD_LIBRARY_PATH:/the/py/lib/dir

Add this last line to your .bash_profile or .bashrc to make it permanent.

Answer 2

mine solution :

open a shell

cd
vim .bashrc

add a line

export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=~/anaconda3/lib