command 'x86_64-linux-gnu-gcc' failed with exit status 1

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I tried to install "scholarly" package, but I keep receiving this error:

x86_64-linux-gnu-gcc -pthread -DNDEBUG -g -fwrapv -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fno-strict-aliasing -Wdate-time -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -g -fstack-protector-strong -Wformat -Werror=format-security -fPIC -I/usr/include/python2.7 -c build/temp.linux-x86_64-2.7/_openssl.c -o build/temp.linux-x86_64-2.7/build/temp.linux-x86_64-2.7/_openssl.o
build/temp.linux-x86_64-2.7/_openssl.c:434:30: fatal error: openssl/opensslv.h: No such file or directory
compilation terminated.

error: command 'x86_64-linux-gnu-gcc' failed with exit status 1


Command "/usr/bin/python -u -c "import setuptools,tokenize;__file__='/tmp/pip-build-0OXGEx/cryptography/setup.py';exec(compile(getattr(tokenize, 'open', open)(__file__).read().replace('\r\n', '\n'), __file__, 'exec'))" install --record /tmp/pip-EdgZGB-record/install-record.txt --single-version-externally-managed --compile" failed with error code 1 in /tmp/pip-build-0OXGEx/cryptography/

Already tried the solutions in the following post, but it didnt work:

pip install lxml error

You are missing files from the ssl dev package: `sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install libssl-dev` to get them. There likely will be other dependencies. — tdelaney, Jan 05 '17 at 19:24

score 115 · Accepted Answer · edited Mar 24 '23 at 08:22

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I had the same problem. This one helped me:

sudo apt-get install build-essential libssl-dev libffi-dev python3-dev

If you are using python2, try to replace python3-dev with python-dev

edited Mar 24 '23 at 08:22

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answered Mar 09 '17 at 08:45

Dana Spitzer Friedlander

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Just FYI: I had the _exact_ same issue & installing `libssl-dev` by itself was sufficient to fix this for me. It's usually a good idea to get `python-dev` from `apt`. *That said:* if you're using Anaconda or some other python-environment-engine, pay attention that you don't mess up your $PATH by installing python-dev. – Rob Truxal May 09 '17 at 19:21
@Dana Friedlander: It resolved my issue. Cool.. Thanks !! – Sunny Chaudhari Jul 24 '17 at 08:00
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a small comment about ```python3-dev``` was helpful for me. Thank you! – Dmitry Anch Apr 23 '19 at 20:35
Thanks, I had the same problem installing `psutil`, this solved it for python3 – YTZ May 22 '20 at 20:39
run `sudo apt update` if you are facing this on a server – Trect Sep 15 '20 at 17:59
That "use python3 instead of python" was really helpful :) – Pac0 Jan 14 '21 at 14:58
this did not help – alper Jan 15 '22 at 12:33
And, you can also give pip a go : `python3 -m pip install pip --upgrade` – CDuvert Sep 22 '22 at 13:35

score 6 · Answer 2 · answered May 12 '21 at 16:13

In a newly created python 3.6, virtual environment and trying to run my setup.py of my module, the following command solved the error,

sudo apt-get install python3.6-dev

For me the error was,

... Python.h: No such file or directory
18 | #include "Python.h"
  |          ^~~~~~~~~~
compilation terminated.
error: command 'x86_64-linux-gnu-gcc' failed with exit status 1

The remaining packages build-essential libssl-dev libffi-dev there were already installed from a previous time.

This solved the issue for me. My error was the same but occurred when I was installing `pyvoronoi` module for a pdf parser. — anurags, May 24 '21 at 18:42

score 5 · Answer 3 · edited Oct 10 '17 at 20:29

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Install lib32ncurses5-dev:

sudo apt-get install lib32ncurses5-dev

edited Oct 10 '17 at 20:29

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answered Oct 10 '17 at 19:47

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score 2 · Answer 4 · answered Jan 29 '20 at 11:08

In my case the exception was:

Exception:

#include <snappy-c.h>
          ^~~~~~~~~~~~
compilation terminated.
error: command 'x86_64-linux-gnu-gcc' failed with exit
status 1

And I solved it by installing these libraries:

sudo apt-get install libsnappy-dev

pip3 install python-snappy

Here is a great explanation about the cause of the exception and how we can get rid of that.

command 'x86_64-linux-gnu-gcc' failed with exit status 1

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