psycopg: Python.h: No such file or directory

Question

I\'m compiling psycopg2 and get the following error: Python.h: No such file or directory

How to compile it, Ubuntu12 x64.

Answer 1

if you take a look at PostgreSQL's faq page ( http://initd.org/psycopg/docs/faq.html ) you'll see that they recommend installing pythons development package, which is usually called python-dev. You can install via

sudo apt-get install python-dev