Python error when runs in chroot

Question

I try to run some Python programs in chroot and I get the following error

Could not find platform independent libraries <prefix>
Could not find platform dependent libraries <exec_prefix>
Consider setting $PYTHONHOME to <prefix>[:<exec_prefix>]
'import site' failed; use -v for traceback

I used ldd to find the libraries on which the python runtime depends and copied the inside the jail. Could you please help me with that?

Thank you

Answer 1

You'll want to grab files from /usr/lib/pyshared and /usr/lib/python{$version} and copy them into your chroot.

Paths may be slightly different, you can try an strace python to see what its trying to load up.