pyenv: BUILD FAILED (Ubuntu 15.04 using python-build 20160509)

Question

I have already installed the pyenv on my system, and the command pyenv install --list goes well. But when I download some Python versions using pyenv inst

Answer 1

I was facing a similar issue. I was using the fedora 29 and trying to install the python 2.7.5. Below was the error output.

BUILD FAILED (Fedora 29 using python-build 1.2.9-35-gb6109093)
Inspect or clean up the working tree at /tmp/python-build.20190405111845.17497
./python -E -S -m sysconfig --generate-posix-vars Could not find platform dependent libraries Consider setting $PYTHONHOME to [:] make: *** [Makefile:464: pybuilddir.txt] Segmentation fault (core dumped)

I was searching for a solution then stumbled upon this thread.. which says:--

issue was a longstanding in Python < 2.7.15, and recently triggered with recent compiler. They fixed it in 3.x, and backported into 2.7.15. So instead of just gathering the patch back, maybe it's best to update our 2.x version to 2.7.15 with the cross compilation patches. I'm a little bit afraid of the implication (ssl certificates issues on 2.7.x at some point).

I tried installing 2.7.15 with pyenv install 2.7.15 and it installs without errors.