python `ImportError: libboost_python27.so.1.67.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory `

Question

I'm running into a problem using a boost-compiled c++ code for python2. I've gotten this to install correctly using the boost package for anaconda2-2019 on WSL, but importing the python package yields the error:

ImportError: libboost_python27.so.1.67.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory 

I found where the libboost_python27.so.1.67.0 lives in ~/anaconda2/lib/ so I'm not sure why I'm getting this error returned.

Answer 1

This is an old post but you could try the following solutions taken from similar problem at Error loading shared libraries of boost

1. link the c++ code module with the following flag

-Wl,-rpath,/path/to/boost/libraries -lboost_python

2. export the lib folder where the missing library is located

export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/path/to/boost/libs:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH