I have Python on my Ubuntu system, but gcc can't find Python.h

Question

I am on a school computer, so I can\'t install anything.

I am trying to create C code which can be run in Python. It seems all the articles I am finding on it requi

Answer 1

You need python-dev installed.
For Ubuntu :
sudo apt-get install python-dev # for python2.x installs sudo apt-get install python3-dev # for python3.x installs
For more distros, refer -
https://stackoverflow.com/a/21530768/6841045

Answer 2

For Ubuntu 15.10 and Python 3, comming to this question as they don't have Python.h but having administrative rights, the following might solve it:

sudo apt-get install python-dev
sudo apt-get install python3-dev
sudo apt-get install libpython3-dev
sudo apt-get install libpython3.4-dev
sudo apt-get install libpython3.5-dev

Answer 3

You need the python-dev package which contains Python.h

Answer 4

None of the answers worked for me. If you are running on Ubuntu, you can try:

With python3:

sudo apt-get install python3 python-dev python3-dev \
     build-essential libssl-dev libffi-dev \
     libxml2-dev libxslt1-dev zlib1g-dev \
     python-pip

With Python 2:

sudo apt-get install python-dev  \
     build-essential libssl-dev libffi-dev \
     libxml2-dev libxslt1-dev zlib1g-dev \
     python-pip

Answer 5

That means you are not install libraries for python dev.

If you are on Linux OS, you can solve this issue by commands separately below:

• Ubuntu (Debian) :

  sudo apt-get install python-dev (Py2) or sudo apt-get install python3-dev (Py3)

• Rehat (CentOS):

  yum install python-devel

Answer 6

You have to use #include "python2.7/Python.h" instead of #include "Python.h".