How to set pyenv python for reticulate - r

Question

I'm using 1.10 version of reticulate package ( R version is 3.5.1) and I want to configure it to use pyenv python (path is /Users/name/.pyenv/versions/hak/bin/python). Running py_config() won't show me this python as available:
python: /usr/bin/python
libpython:
/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.
framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/config/libpython2.7.dylib
pythonhome:
/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.
framework/Versions/2.7:/System/Library
/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7
version: 2.7.10 (default, Oct 6 2017, 22:29:07)
[GCC 4.2.1 Compatible Apple LLVM 9.0.0 (clang-900.0.31)]
numpy: /System/ Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/Extras/lib/python/numpy
numpy_version: 1.8.0
python versions found:
/usr/bin/python
/usr/local/bin/python
/usr/local/bin/python3
Because my pyenv python isnt available I set RETICULATE_PYTHON env variable on mentioned path. But now i get the error
Error in initialize_python(required_module, use_environment) :
Python shared library
'/Users/name/.pyenv/versions/3.6.5/lib/libpython3.6.dylib'
not found, Python bindings not loaded.
Does anybody know how to solve this ?

Answer 1

pyenv doesn't build pythons with shareable libraries by default. to make sure it does either have the CONFIGURE_OPTIONS variable set or preface your pyenv build $VERSION commands as in the example below:
env PYTHON_CONFIGURE_OPTS="--enable-shared" pyenv install 3.7.5
see:
https://github.com/pyenv/pyenv/blob/master/plugins/python-build/README.md#building-with---enable-shared)