Levenshtein/_levenshtein.c:99:20: fatal error: Python.h: No such file or directory

[hpr504]

Hi, I'm installing python-Levenshtein in Ubuntu16.04, using pip install python-Levenshtein command, but it got this problem, the log is:
----------------------------------------
ERROR: Command errored out with exit status 1:
command: /usr/bin/python -u -c 'import sys, setuptools, tokenize; sys.argv[0] = '"'"'/tmp/pip-install-faa32rsy/python-Levenshtein/setup.py'"'"'; file='"'"'/tmp/pip-install-faa32rsy/python-Levenshtein/setup.py'"'"';f=getattr(tokenize, '"'"'open'"'"', open)(file);code=f.read().replace('"'"'\r\n'"'"', '"'"'\n'"'"');f.close();exec(compile(code, file, '"'"'exec'"'"'))' bdist_wheel -d /tmp/pip-wheel-_7ka3b22 --python-tag cp36
cwd: /tmp/pip-install-faa32rsy/python-Levenshtein/
Complete output (32 lines):
running bdist_wheel
running build
running build_py
creating build
creating build/lib.linux-x86_64-3.6
creating build/lib.linux-x86_64-3.6/Levenshtein
copying Levenshtein/init.py -> build/lib.linux-x86_64-3.6/Levenshtein
copying Levenshtein/StringMatcher.py -> build/lib.linux-x86_64-3.6/Levenshtein
running egg_info
writing python_Levenshtein.egg-info/PKG-INFO
writing dependency_links to python_Levenshtein.egg-info/dependency_links.txt
writing entry points to python_Levenshtein.egg-info/entry_points.txt
writing namespace_packages to python_Levenshtein.egg-info/namespace_packages.txt
writing requirements to python_Levenshtein.egg-info/requires.txt
writing top-level names to python_Levenshtein.egg-info/top_level.txt
reading manifest file 'python_Levenshtein.egg-info/SOURCES.txt'
reading manifest template 'MANIFEST.in'
warning: no previously-included files matching '*pyc' found anywhere in distribution
warning: no previously-included files matching '*so' found anywhere in distribution
warning: no previously-included files matching '.project' found anywhere in distribution
warning: no previously-included files matching '.pydevproject' found anywhere in distribution
writing manifest file 'python_Levenshtein.egg-info/SOURCES.txt'
copying Levenshtein/_levenshtein.c -> build/lib.linux-x86_64-3.6/Levenshtein
copying Levenshtein/_levenshtein.h -> build/lib.linux-x86_64-3.6/Levenshtein
running build_ext
building 'Levenshtein._levenshtein' extension
creating build/temp.linux-x86_64-3.6
creating build/temp.linux-x86_64-3.6/Levenshtein
x86_64-linux-gnu-gcc -pthread -DNDEBUG -g -fwrapv -O2 -Wall -g -fstack-protector-strong -Wformat -Werror=format-security -Wdate-time -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -fPIC -I/usr/include/python3.6m -c Levenshtein/_levenshtein.c -o build/temp.linux-x86_64-3.6/Levenshtein/_levenshtein.o
Levenshtein/_levenshtein.c:99:20: fatal error: Python.h: 没有那个文件或目录
compilation terminated.
error: command 'x86_64-linux-gnu-gcc' failed with exit status 1

ERROR: Failed building wheel for python-Levenshtein
Running setup.py clean for python-Levenshtein
Failed to build python-Levenshtein
Installing collected packages: python-Levenshtein
Running setup.py install for python-Levenshtein ... error
ERROR: Command errored out with exit status 1:
command: /usr/bin/python -u -c 'import sys, setuptools, tokenize; sys.argv[0] = '"'"'/tmp/pip-install-faa32rsy/python-Levenshtein/setup.py'"'"'; file='"'"'/tmp/pip-install-faa32rsy/python-Levenshtein/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-record-375x8gmb/install-record.txt --single-version-externally-managed --compile
cwd: /tmp/pip-install-faa32rsy/python-Levenshtein/
Complete output (32 lines):
running install
running build
running build_py
creating build
creating build/lib.linux-x86_64-3.6
creating build/lib.linux-x86_64-3.6/Levenshtein
copying Levenshtein/init.py -> build/lib.linux-x86_64-3.6/Levenshtein
copying Levenshtein/StringMatcher.py -> build/lib.linux-x86_64-3.6/Levenshtein
running egg_info
writing python_Levenshtein.egg-info/PKG-INFO
writing dependency_links to python_Levenshtein.egg-info/dependency_links.txt
writing entry points to python_Levenshtein.egg-info/entry_points.txt
writing namespace_packages to python_Levenshtein.egg-info/namespace_packages.txt
writing requirements to python_Levenshtein.egg-info/requires.txt
writing top-level names to python_Levenshtein.egg-info/top_level.txt
reading manifest file 'python_Levenshtein.egg-info/SOURCES.txt'
reading manifest template 'MANIFEST.in'
warning: no previously-included files matching '*pyc' found anywhere in distribution
warning: no previously-included files matching '*so' found anywhere in distribution
warning: no previously-included files matching '.project' found anywhere in distribution
warning: no previously-included files matching '.pydevproject' found anywhere in distribution
writing manifest file 'python_Levenshtein.egg-info/SOURCES.txt'
copying Levenshtein/_levenshtein.c -> build/lib.linux-x86_64-3.6/Levenshtein
copying Levenshtein/_levenshtein.h -> build/lib.linux-x86_64-3.6/Levenshtein
running build_ext
building 'Levenshtein._levenshtein' extension
creating build/temp.linux-x86_64-3.6
creating build/temp.linux-x86_64-3.6/Levenshtein
x86_64-linux-gnu-gcc -pthread -DNDEBUG -g -fwrapv -O2 -Wall -g -fstack-protector-strong -Wformat -Werror=format-security -Wdate-time -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -fPIC -I/usr/include/python3.6m -c Levenshtein/_levenshtein.c -o build/temp.linux-x86_64-3.6/Levenshtein/_levenshtein.o
Levenshtein/_levenshtein.c:99:20: fatal error: Python.h: 没有那个文件或目录
compilation terminated.
error: command 'x86_64-linux-gnu-gcc' failed with exit status 1
----------------------------------------
ERROR: Command errored out with exit status 1: /usr/bin/python -u -c 'import sys, setuptools, tokenize; sys.argv[0] = '"'"'/tmp/pip-install-faa32rsy/python-Levenshtein/setup.py'"'"'; file='"'"'/tmp/pip-install-faa32rsy/python-Levenshtein/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-record-375x8gmb/install-record.txt --single-version-externally-managed --compile Check the logs for full command output.

Can you tell me how to sovle this problem?

[sertansenturk]

Had the same problem. I had to install python3.6-dev, i.e. in Ubuntu:

sudo apt install python3.6-dev

Note that I have the "deadsnake 3rd-Party Python Modules" in my PPA.

[lstappen]

sudo apt install python3.6-dev
Thanks!
This actually works with every version e.g. sudo apt install python3.X-dev --> sudo apt install python3.8-dev