How do I install python-ldap in a virtualenv on Ubuntu?

Question

I keep getting GCC compilation errors:

$ pip install python-ldap
...
compilation terminated.

error: command 'gcc' failed with exit status 1

possible duplicate of [Python: can't install python-ldap](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4768446/python-cant-install-python-ldap) — Chillar Anand, Sep 28 '15 at 04:48

score 19 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 08 '13 at 19:50

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I found this blog post which has the answer:

Essentially, you need to ensure you have the necessary development libraries installed:

sudo apt-get install libsasl2-dev python-dev libldap2-dev libssl-dev

answered Aug 08 '13 at 19:50

Jace Browning

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Good find. If you plan to compile from source more often, the 'build-essential' meta package is good to have aboard as well. – TeTeT Aug 08 '13 at 20:01
I didn't know about this! Link for the lazy: http://packages.ubuntu.com/lucid/build-essential – Jace Browning Aug 08 '13 at 20:07
Appreciated, your answer helped me too. :) – CrazyGeek Mar 07 '14 at 12:14
This does not work on Ubuntu 16.x. I do not know why. But it gives the same complaint even after the apt-get line above. – Mar 06 '17 at 02:03

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