Insllation of python is broken

[kishaningithub]

Getting the following error in amazon linux 2023 when trying to install and use python

python: error while loading shared libraries: libpython3.11.so.1.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

Simulation steps

• Run command docker run -it amazonlinux:2023 /bin/bash
• Inside the container run the following commands

## Install installer depndencies
dnf install -y tar gzip which

## Install pkgx
curl --retry 3 -fsSL https://pkgx.sh | bash

## Install python
pkgm install python@3.11

## Try to make python print its version (this will fail with the above error)
python --version

Proposal

• I recommend using python-build-standalone or uv to correctly install python without the system dependency head ache.

[jhheider]

pkgx python@3.11 --version works just fine, as expected, so this is a specie of pkgm issue.

bash-5.2# python --version
python: error while loading shared libraries: libpython3.11.so.1.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
bash-5.2# echo $LD_LIBRARY_PATH

bash-5.2# LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/lib python --version
Python 3.11.14

it looks like /usr/local/lib isn't on the search path for amazonlinux. so that's going to interfere. the good news, is that that's an easy fix.