python-augeas enigma: error on lxc-container, none on desktop

[Johannes Graumann <johannes_graumann@web.de>]

Hi,

I have to wheezy setups. One is my desktop and another one is a lxc 
container. Their python setup seems identical and the same version of 
python-augeas is installed on both.

On the desktop calling
$ python
>>> from augeas import Augeas

works just fine, but on the container I get

Python 2.7.3rc2 (default, Apr 22 2012, 22:30:17) 
[GCC 4.6.3] on linux2
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> from augeas import Augeas
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/augeas.py", line 55, in <module>
    class Augeas(object):
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/augeas.py", line 61, in Augeas
    for _v in ("%d.%d", "%d%d")])
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/augeas.py", line 52, in _dlopen
    raise ImportError("Unable to import lib%s!" % args[0])
ImportError: Unable to import libpython2.7!

Any idea where this may go wrong and how to fix it?

Sincerely, Joh