"Could not run curl-config: [Errno 2] No such file or directory" when installing pycurl

Question

I'm trying to install pycurl via:

sudo pip install pycurl

It downloaded fine, but when when it runs setup.py I get the following traceback:

Downloading/unpacking pycurl
  Running setup.py egg_info for package pycurl
    Traceback (most recent call last):
      File "<string>", line 16, in <module>
      File "/tmp/pip-build-root/pycurl/setup.py", line 563, in <module>
        ext = get_extension()
      File "/tmp/pip-build-root/pycurl/setup.py", line 368, in get_extension
        ext_config = ExtensionConfiguration()
      File "/tmp/pip-build-root/pycurl/setup.py", line 65, in __init__
        self.configure()
      File "/tmp/pip-build-root/pycurl/setup.py", line 100, in configure_unix
        raise ConfigurationError(msg)
    __main__.ConfigurationError: Could not run curl-config: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
    Complete output from command python setup.py egg_info:
    Traceback (most recent call last):

  File "<string>", line 16, in <module>

  File "/tmp/pip-build-root/pycurl/setup.py", line 563, in <module>

    ext = get_extension()

  File "/tmp/pip-build-root/pycurl/setup.py", line 368, in get_extension

    ext_config = ExtensionConfiguration()

  File "/tmp/pip-build-root/pycurl/setup.py", line 65, in __init__

    self.configure()

  File "/tmp/pip-build-root/pycurl/setup.py", line 100, in configure_unix

    raise ConfigurationError(msg)

__main__.ConfigurationError: Could not run curl-config: [Errno 2] No such file or directory

Any idea why this is happening and how to get around it

are you using Ubuntu? – Padraic Cunningham May 29 '14 at 16:23 — Padraic Cunningham, May 29 '14 at 16:23
I'm on OSX with an ssh connection to a linux terminal – user3688241 May 29 '14 at 17:11 — user3688241, May 29 '14 at 17:11
where are you trying to install pycurl? – Padraic Cunningham May 29 '14 at 17:13 — Padraic Cunningham, May 29 '14 at 17:13

score 648 · Accepted Answer · edited Nov 11 '18 at 18:55

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On Debian I needed the following packages to fix this

sudo apt install libcurl4-openssl-dev libssl-dev

edited Nov 11 '18 at 18:55

Boris Verkhovskiy

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answered Jun 05 '14 at 03:14

Michael Rice

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That fixed my issue on Ubuntu 12.04 (x64) and Python3.4 installed – Ilia Shakitko Dec 17 '14 at 11:13
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Thanks, I needed the `libssl-dev` package in addition to yours. Strange how `pip` decouples from system package management but doesn't even give hints about which package it could be I'm missing on a very common linux distribution. – Mitja May 25 '16 at 19:15
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I need both libcurl4-openssl-dev and libssl-dev on Debian 9: sudo apt-get install libcurl4-openssl-dev libssl-dev – david euler Mar 27 '18 at 12:44
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Works on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. – John McGehee Nov 08 '18 at 22:14
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@JohnMcGehee, yep, works on Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS on WSL too. – nephewtom Feb 06 '19 at 18:58
be careful, `libssl-dev` is not compatible with `npm` rightnow – Vyaches Oct 12 '20 at 17:36
any windows guy? – Asad Shakeel Oct 14 '20 at 15:24
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Works on Pop!_OS 20.04 LTS / Ubuntu 20.04 LTS – ScriptAutomate Dec 09 '20 at 17:07

score 87 · Answer 2 · edited Dec 17 '17 at 14:25

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Similarly with yum package manager

yum install libcurl-devel

If you use dnf, use

dnf install libcurl-devel

edited Dec 17 '17 at 14:25

enedil

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answered Jan 06 '15 at 09:28

eldos

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In my case python-devel was missing as well, so the following solved the issue for me: yum install libcurl-devel python-devel – sokhaty Dec 02 '17 at 05:05
Yup. Just `apt install libcurl4-openssl-dev` on an Ubuntu 20.04 system. (nowhere else mentioned for this OS distro) – Marcos May 28 '22 at 02:02

score 30 · Answer 3 · answered Nov 17 '16 at 07:53

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in my case this fixed the problem:

sudo apt-get install libssl-dev libcurl4-openssl-dev python-dev

as explained here

answered Nov 17 '16 at 07:53

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thanks for the python-dev package! i had this error without it : src/pycurl.h:4:20: fatal error: Python.h: No such file or directory – Skullone Apr 01 '19 at 14:14
A better link would be https://stackoverflow.com/a/31002176/733092, which explains that these are libraries of C headers needed to build C Python extensions on Linux. – Noumenon Apr 26 '22 at 08:33
Works for me in docker using ubuntu:focal – Sergio Gao Jun 12 '23 at 16:47

score 20 · Answer 4 · answered Aug 20 '18 at 13:30

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In Alpine linux you should do:

apk add curl-dev python3-dev libressl-dev

answered Aug 20 '18 at 13:30

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`apk add curl-dev` was enough for me in docker `python2.7-alpine` image, thanks! – ItayB May 06 '19 at 20:03

score 6 · Answer 5 · answered Mar 22 '21 at 12:25

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Same solution provided by @Michael Rice works for Ubuntu 18.04 as well

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS

sudo apt install libcurl4-openssl-dev libssl-dev

Al thought it is mentioned in comments of Michael's answer but thought highlight for easy of use.

answered Mar 22 '21 at 12:25

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score 2 · Answer 6 · answered Sep 25 '14 at 12:01

I encountered the same problem whilst trying to get Shinken 2.0.3 to fire up on Ubuntu. Eventually I did a full uninstall then reinstalled Shinken with pip -v. As it cleaned up, it mentioned:

Warning: missing python-pycurl lib, you MUST install it before launch the shinken daemons

Installed that with apt-get, and all the brokers fired up as expected :-)

score 2 · Answer 7 · answered Apr 25 '16 at 10:10

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That solved my problem on Ubuntu 14.04:

apt-get install libcurl4-gnutls-dev

answered Apr 25 '16 at 10:10

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score 1 · Answer 8 · answered Mar 27 '20 at 18:39

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In addition to the answer of eldos I also needed gcc in CentOS 7:

yum install libcurl-devel gcc

answered Mar 27 '20 at 18:39

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It was "yum install openssl-devel.x86_64 libcurl-devel.x86_64" for me on CentOS 8 – MiroJanosik Apr 22 '21 at 09:03

score 1 · Answer 9 · answered Jul 21 '22 at 00:05

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If the following solution giving you an error while installing them,

sudo apt install libcurl4-openssl-dev libssl-dev

then try to update your Linux os first with:

sudo apt update

answered Jul 21 '22 at 00:05

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score 0 · Answer 10 · answered Jul 01 '15 at 18:23

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On OpenSUSE:

zypper in libcurl-devel

answered Jul 01 '15 at 18:23

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zypper in libcurl-devel libopenssl-devel – user1 Aug 22 '21 at 09:55

score 0 · Answer 11 · answered Feb 04 '18 at 19:04

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In my case i kept getting the same error message. I use fedora. I solved it by doing:

sudo dnf install pycurl

This installed eveything that I needed for it to work.

answered Feb 04 '18 at 19:04

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score 0 · Answer 12 · answered Jun 05 '19 at 14:38

I had this issue on Mac and it was related to the openssl package being an older version of what it was required by pycurl. pycurl can use other ssl libraries rather than openssl as per my understanding of it. Verify which ssl library you're using and update as it is very likely to fix the issue.

I fixed this by:

running brew upgrade
downloaded the latest pycurl-x.y.z.tar.gz from http://pycurl.io/
extracted the package above and change directory into it
ran python setup.py --with-openssl install as openssl is the library I have installed. If you're ssl library is either gnutls or nss then will have to use --with-gnutls or --with-nss accordingly. You'll be able to find more installation info in their github repository.

score 0 · Answer 13 · answered May 18 '20 at 02:57

Be advised that if you're using nodejs there's (at the time of writing) a dependency on libssl 1.0.* - so installing an alternative SSL library will break your nodejs installation.

An alternative solution to installing a different SSL library is that posted in this answer here: https://stackoverflow.com/a/59927568/13564342 to instead install libcurl4-gnutls-dev

sudo apt install libcurl4-gnutls-dev

"Could not run curl-config: [Errno 2] No such file or directory" when installing pycurl

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Ubuntu 18.04 LTS

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