I'm trying to install cx_freeze on Cygwin using the command python -m pip install cx_freeze --update and I get the following error :
alice@Phoenix /cygdrive/c/cx_freeze/anthony_tuininga-cx_freeze-e1ba6ec6eaad
$ python3 -m pip install cx_freeze
Collecting cx_freeze
Using cached cx_Freeze-5.1.1.tar.gz
Installing collected packages: cx-freeze
Running setup.py install for cx-freeze ... error
Complete output from command /usr/bin/python3 -u -c "import setuptools, tokenize;__file__='/tmp/pip-build-4jp8deaw/cx-freeze/setup.py';f=getattr(tokenize, 'open', open)(__file__);code=f.read().replace('\r\n', '\n');f.close();exec(compile(code, __file__, 'exec'))" install --record /tmp/pip-klbzdd9a-record/install-record.txt --single-version-externally-managed --compile:
running install
running build
running build_py
creating build
creating build/lib.cygwin-2.9.0-x86_64-3.6
creating build/lib.cygwin-2.9.0-x86_64-3.6/cx_Freeze
copying cx_Freeze/common.py -> build/lib.cygwin-2.9.0-x86_64-3.6/cx_Freeze
copying cx_Freeze/dist.py -> build/lib.cygwin-2.9.0-x86_64-3.6/cx_Freeze
copying cx_Freeze/finder.py -> build/lib.cygwin-2.9.0-x86_64-3.6/cx_Freeze
copying cx_Freeze/freezer.py -> build/lib.cygwin-2.9.0-x86_64-3.6/cx_Freeze
copying cx_Freeze/hooks.py -> build/lib.cygwin-2.9.0-x86_64-3.6/cx_Freeze
copying cx_Freeze/macdist.py -> build/lib.cygwin-2.9.0-x86_64-3.6/cx_Freeze
copying cx_Freeze/main.py -> build/lib.cygwin-2.9.0-x86_64-3.6/cx_Freeze
copying cx_Freeze/setupwriter.py -> build/lib.cygwin-2.9.0-x86_64-3.6/cx_Freeze
copying cx_Freeze/windist.py -> build/lib.cygwin-2.9.0-x86_64-3.6/cx_Freeze
copying cx_Freeze/__init__.py -> build/lib.cygwin-2.9.0-x86_64-3.6/cx_Freeze
creating build/lib.cygwin-2.9.0-x86_64-3.6/cx_Freeze/initscripts
copying cx_Freeze/initscripts/Console.py -> build/lib.cygwin-2.9.0-x86_64-3.6/cx_Freeze/initscripts
copying cx_Freeze/initscripts/ConsoleSetLibPath.py -> build/lib.cygwin-2.9.0-x86_64-3.6/cx_Freeze/initscripts
copying cx_Freeze/initscripts/SharedLib.py -> build/lib.cygwin-2.9.0-x86_64-3.6/cx_Freeze/initscripts
copying cx_Freeze/initscripts/SharedLibSource.py -> build/lib.cygwin-2.9.0-x86_64-3.6/cx_Freeze/initscripts
copying cx_Freeze/initscripts/__startup__.py -> build/lib.cygwin-2.9.0-x86_64-3.6/cx_Freeze/initscripts
creating build/lib.cygwin-2.9.0-x86_64-3.6/cx_Freeze/samples
creating build/lib.cygwin-2.9.0-x86_64-3.6/cx_Freeze/samples/advanced
copying cx_Freeze/samples/advanced/advanced_1.py -> build/lib.cygwin-2.9.0-x86_64-3.6/cx_Freeze/samples/advanced
copying cx_Freeze/samples/advanced/advanced_2.py -> build/lib.cygwin-2.9.0-x86_64-3.6/cx_Freeze/samples/advanced
copying cx_Freeze/samples/advanced/setup.py -> build/lib.cygwin-2.9.0-x86_64-3.6/cx_Freeze/samples/advanced
creating build/lib.cygwin-2.9.0-x86_64-3.6/cx_Freeze/samples/asmodule
copying cx_Freeze/samples/asmodule/asmodule.py -> build/lib.cygwin-2.9.0-x86_64-3.6/cx_Freeze/samples/asmodule
copying cx_Freeze/samples/asmodule/setup.py -> build/lib.cygwin-2.9.0-x86_64-3.6/cx_Freeze/samples/asmodule
creating build/lib.cygwin-2.9.0-x86_64-3.6/cx_Freeze/samples/matplotlib
copying cx_Freeze/samples/matplotlib/matplotlib_eg.py -> build/lib.cygwin-2.9.0-x86_64-3.6/cx_Freeze/samples/matplotlib
copying cx_Freeze/samples/matplotlib/setup.py -> build/lib.cygwin-2.9.0-x86_64-3.6/cx_Freeze/samples/matplotlib
creating build/lib.cygwin-2.9.0-x86_64-3.6/cx_Freeze/samples/openpyxl
copying cx_Freeze/samples/openpyxl/setup.py -> build/lib.cygwin-2.9.0-x86_64-3.6/cx_Freeze/samples/openpyxl
copying cx_Freeze/samples/openpyxl/test_openpyxl.py -> build/lib.cygwin-2.9.0-x86_64-3.6/cx_Freeze/samples/openpyxl
creating build/lib.cygwin-2.9.0-x86_64-3.6/cx_Freeze/samples/PyQt4
copying cx_Freeze/samples/PyQt4/PyQt4app.py -> build/lib.cygwin-2.9.0-x86_64-3.6/cx_Freeze/samples/PyQt4
copying cx_Freeze/samples/PyQt4/setup.py -> build/lib.cygwin-2.9.0-x86_64-3.6/cx_Freeze/samples/PyQt4
creating build/lib.cygwin-2.9.0-x86_64-3.6/cx_Freeze/samples/PyQt5
copying cx_Freeze/samples/PyQt5/PyQt5app.py -> build/lib.cygwin-2.9.0-x86_64-3.6/cx_Freeze/samples/PyQt5
copying cx_Freeze/samples/PyQt5/setup.py -> build/lib.cygwin-2.9.0-x86_64-3.6/cx_Freeze/samples/PyQt5
creating build/lib.cygwin-2.9.0-x86_64-3.6/cx_Freeze/samples/relimport
copying cx_Freeze/samples/relimport/relimport.py -> build/lib.cygwin-2.9.0-x86_64-3.6/cx_Freeze/samples/relimport
copying cx_Freeze/samples/relimport/setup.py -> build/lib.cygwin-2.9.0-x86_64-3.6/cx_Freeze/samples/relimport
creating build/lib.cygwin-2.9.0-x86_64-3.6/cx_Freeze/samples/service
copying cx_Freeze/samples/service/Config.py -> build/lib.cygwin-2.9.0-x86_64-3.6/cx_Freeze/samples/service
copying cx_Freeze/samples/service/ServiceHandler.py -> build/lib.cygwin-2.9.0-x86_64-3.6/cx_Freeze/samples/service
copying cx_Freeze/samples/service/setup.py -> build/lib.cygwin-2.9.0-x86_64-3.6/cx_Freeze/samples/service
creating build/lib.cygwin-2.9.0-x86_64-3.6/cx_Freeze/samples/simple
copying cx_Freeze/samples/simple/hello.py -> build/lib.cygwin-2.9.0-x86_64-3.6/cx_Freeze/samples/simple
copying cx_Freeze/samples/simple/setup.py -> build/lib.cygwin-2.9.0-x86_64-3.6/cx_Freeze/samples/simple
creating build/lib.cygwin-2.9.0-x86_64-3.6/cx_Freeze/samples/Tkinter
copying cx_Freeze/samples/Tkinter/setup.py -> build/lib.cygwin-2.9.0-x86_64-3.6/cx_Freeze/samples/Tkinter
copying cx_Freeze/samples/Tkinter/SimpleTkApp.py -> build/lib.cygwin-2.9.0-x86_64-3.6/cx_Freeze/samples/Tkinter
creating build/lib.cygwin-2.9.0-x86_64-3.6/cx_Freeze/samples/wx
copying cx_Freeze/samples/wx/setup.py -> build/lib.cygwin-2.9.0-x86_64-3.6/cx_Freeze/samples/wx
copying cx_Freeze/samples/wx/wxapp.py -> build/lib.cygwin-2.9.0-x86_64-3.6/cx_Freeze/samples/wx
creating build/lib.cygwin-2.9.0-x86_64-3.6/cx_Freeze/samples/zope
copying cx_Freeze/samples/zope/qotd.py -> build/lib.cygwin-2.9.0-x86_64-3.6/cx_Freeze/samples/zope
copying cx_Freeze/samples/zope/setup.py -> build/lib.cygwin-2.9.0-x86_64-3.6/cx_Freeze/samples/zope
running build_ext
building 'cx_Freeze.util' extension
creating build/temp.cygwin-2.9.0-x86_64-3.6
creating build/temp.cygwin-2.9.0-x86_64-3.6/source
gcc -Wno-unused-result -Wsign-compare -DNDEBUG -g -fwrapv -O3 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -ggdb -O2 -pipe -Wimplicit-function-declaration -fdebug-prefix-map=/usr/src/ports/python3/python3-3.6.4-1.x86_64/build=/usr/src/debug/python3-3.6.4-1 -fdebug-prefix-map=/usr/src/ports/python3/python3-3.6.4-1.x86_64/src/Python-3.6.4=/usr/src/debug/python3-3.6.4-1 -ggdb -O2 -pipe -Wimplicit-function-declaration -fdebug-prefix-map=/usr/src/ports/python3/python3-3.6.4-1.x86_64/build=/usr/src/debug/python3-3.6.4-1 -fdebug-prefix-map=/usr/src/ports/python3/python3-3.6.4-1.x86_64/src/Python-3.6.4=/usr/src/debug/python3-3.6.4-1 -I/usr/include/python3.6m -c source/util.c -o build/temp.cygwin-2.9.0-x86_64-3.6/source/util.o
source/util.c:6:10: fatal error: Python.h: No such file or directory
#include <Python.h>
^~~~~~~~~~
compilation terminated.
error: command 'gcc' failed with exit status 1
----------------------------------------
Command "/usr/bin/python3 -u -c "import setuptools, tokenize;__file__='/tmp/pip-build-4jp8deaw/cx-freeze/setup.py';f=getattr(tokenize, 'open', open)(__file__);code=f.read().replace('\r\n', '\n');f.close();exec(compile(code, __file__, 'exec'))" install --record /tmp/pip-klbzdd9a-record/install-record.txt --single-version-externally-managed --compile" failed with error code 1 in /tmp/pip-build-4jp8deaw/cx-freeze/
My python version is 3.6.4, I deleted every other versions. I've first downloaded the .exe manually but it didn't work as cxfreeze was still a "not found command", so I tried with this (which is extracted in the directory I'm currently into). I have two Python.h files, one is located in my Python 36 folder and the other one in Appdata.
I also have python3-devel installed using Cygwin setup, but when I try to pip install python3.x-dev, pip returns the following error :
Could not find a version that satisfies the requirement python3.x-dev (from versions: )
No matching distribution found for python3.x-dev
I thought it might be because of my pip version, but I have the latest one :
pip 9.0.1 from /usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pip-9.0.1-py3.6.egg (python 3.6)
I've tried everything I could find about cx_freeze but there must be something I'm missing here...
Thanks for your help !