psutil fails to install on python3.6 and Ubuntu16.04

Created on 4 Oct 2017  ·  30Comments  ·  Source: giampaolo/psutil

install psutil with pip on python3.6 gives this error
I've tried installing different versions of psutil with the same error

Command "/usr/bin/python3.6 -u -c "import setuptools, tokenize;__file__='/tmp/pip-build-_0xq2q7o/psutil/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-k4askr37-record/install-record.txt --single-version-externally-managed --compile" failed with error code 1 in /tmp/pip-build-_0xq2q7o/psutil/

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I was just about to comment the same, after I read the install file: https://github.com/giampaolo/psutil/blob/master/INSTALL.rst
However, if you have multiple versions installed (like me, I have python 3.4.3 and 3.5.4 installed), you need to specify a more granular version, like so: sudo apt-get install python3.5-dev
After that, it installed without issues

picture Tommatheussen on 6 Oct 2017
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Can you post the install log that pip complains with here?

sethmlarson picture sethmlarson on 5 Oct 2017

https://hastebin.com/aqebodemej.sql

Biyoni picture Biyoni on 6 Oct 2017

I'm having the same problem, using python 3.5.4 on Ubuntu 14.04, install logs below:

 pip3 install psutil
Collecting psutil
  Using cached psutil-5.3.1.tar.gz
Building wheels for collected packages: psutil
  Running setup.py bdist_wheel for psutil ... error
  Complete output from command /PlexMediaServer/hass/bin/python3.5 -u -c "import setuptools, tokenize;__file__='/tmp/pip-build-45z8bzr6/psutil/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/tmp59_mmtqmpip-wheel- --python-tag cp35:
  running bdist_wheel
  running build
  running build_py
  creating build
  creating build/lib.linux-i686-3.5
  creating build/lib.linux-i686-3.5/psutil
  copying psutil/_psposix.py -> build/lib.linux-i686-3.5/psutil
  copying psutil/__init__.py -> build/lib.linux-i686-3.5/psutil
  copying psutil/_pswindows.py -> build/lib.linux-i686-3.5/psutil
  copying psutil/_common.py -> build/lib.linux-i686-3.5/psutil
  copying psutil/_pslinux.py -> build/lib.linux-i686-3.5/psutil
  copying psutil/_psosx.py -> build/lib.linux-i686-3.5/psutil
  copying psutil/_compat.py -> build/lib.linux-i686-3.5/psutil
  copying psutil/_psbsd.py -> build/lib.linux-i686-3.5/psutil
  copying psutil/_pssunos.py -> build/lib.linux-i686-3.5/psutil
  creating build/lib.linux-i686-3.5/psutil/tests
  copying psutil/tests/__init__.py -> build/lib.linux-i686-3.5/psutil/tests
  copying psutil/tests/test_misc.py -> build/lib.linux-i686-3.5/psutil/tests
  copying psutil/tests/test_posix.py -> build/lib.linux-i686-3.5/psutil/tests
  copying psutil/tests/test_system.py -> build/lib.linux-i686-3.5/psutil/tests
  copying psutil/tests/test_windows.py -> build/lib.linux-i686-3.5/psutil/tests
  copying psutil/tests/test_memory_leaks.py -> build/lib.linux-i686-3.5/psutil/tests
  copying psutil/tests/test_osx.py -> build/lib.linux-i686-3.5/psutil/tests
  copying psutil/tests/test_connections.py -> build/lib.linux-i686-3.5/psutil/tests
  copying psutil/tests/test_sunos.py -> build/lib.linux-i686-3.5/psutil/tests
  copying psutil/tests/__main__.py -> build/lib.linux-i686-3.5/psutil/tests
  copying psutil/tests/test_process.py -> build/lib.linux-i686-3.5/psutil/tests
  copying psutil/tests/test_bsd.py -> build/lib.linux-i686-3.5/psutil/tests
  copying psutil/tests/test_linux.py -> build/lib.linux-i686-3.5/psutil/tests
  copying psutil/tests/test_unicode.py -> build/lib.linux-i686-3.5/psutil/tests
  copying psutil/tests/test_contracts.py -> build/lib.linux-i686-3.5/psutil/tests
  running build_ext
  building 'psutil._psutil_linux' extension
  creating build/temp.linux-i686-3.5
  creating build/temp.linux-i686-3.5/psutil
  i686-linux-gnu-gcc -pthread -DNDEBUG -g -fwrapv -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -g -fstack-protector --param=ssp-buffer-size=4 -Wformat -Werror=format-security -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -fPIC -DPSUTIL_POSIX=1 -DPSUTIL_VERSION=531 -DPSUTIL_LINUX=1 -I/usr/include/python3.5m -I/PlexMediaServer/hass/include/python3.5m -c psutil/_psutil_common.c -o build/temp.linux-i686-3.5/psutil/_psutil_common.o
  psutil/_psutil_common.c:9:20: fatal error: Python.h: No such file or directory
   #include <Python.h>
                      ^
  compilation terminated.
  error: command 'i686-linux-gnu-gcc' failed with exit status 1

  ----------------------------------------
  Failed building wheel for psutil
  Running setup.py clean for psutil
Failed to build psutil
Installing collected packages: psutil
  Running setup.py install for psutil ... error
    Complete output from command /PlexMediaServer/hass/bin/python3.5 -u -c "import setuptools, tokenize;__file__='/tmp/pip-build-45z8bzr6/psutil/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-r3gpqlml-record/install-record.txt --single-version-externally-managed --compile --install-headers /PlexMediaServer/hass/include/site/python3.5/psutil:
    running install
    running build
    running build_py
    creating build
    creating build/lib.linux-i686-3.5
    creating build/lib.linux-i686-3.5/psutil
    copying psutil/_psposix.py -> build/lib.linux-i686-3.5/psutil
    copying psutil/__init__.py -> build/lib.linux-i686-3.5/psutil
    copying psutil/_pswindows.py -> build/lib.linux-i686-3.5/psutil
    copying psutil/_common.py -> build/lib.linux-i686-3.5/psutil
    copying psutil/_pslinux.py -> build/lib.linux-i686-3.5/psutil
    copying psutil/_psosx.py -> build/lib.linux-i686-3.5/psutil
    copying psutil/_compat.py -> build/lib.linux-i686-3.5/psutil
    copying psutil/_psbsd.py -> build/lib.linux-i686-3.5/psutil
    copying psutil/_pssunos.py -> build/lib.linux-i686-3.5/psutil
    creating build/lib.linux-i686-3.5/psutil/tests
    copying psutil/tests/__init__.py -> build/lib.linux-i686-3.5/psutil/tests
    copying psutil/tests/test_misc.py -> build/lib.linux-i686-3.5/psutil/tests
    copying psutil/tests/test_posix.py -> build/lib.linux-i686-3.5/psutil/tests
    copying psutil/tests/test_system.py -> build/lib.linux-i686-3.5/psutil/tests
    copying psutil/tests/test_windows.py -> build/lib.linux-i686-3.5/psutil/tests
    copying psutil/tests/test_memory_leaks.py -> build/lib.linux-i686-3.5/psutil/tests
    copying psutil/tests/test_osx.py -> build/lib.linux-i686-3.5/psutil/tests
    copying psutil/tests/test_connections.py -> build/lib.linux-i686-3.5/psutil/tests
    copying psutil/tests/test_sunos.py -> build/lib.linux-i686-3.5/psutil/tests
    copying psutil/tests/__main__.py -> build/lib.linux-i686-3.5/psutil/tests
    copying psutil/tests/test_process.py -> build/lib.linux-i686-3.5/psutil/tests
    copying psutil/tests/test_bsd.py -> build/lib.linux-i686-3.5/psutil/tests
    copying psutil/tests/test_linux.py -> build/lib.linux-i686-3.5/psutil/tests
    copying psutil/tests/test_unicode.py -> build/lib.linux-i686-3.5/psutil/tests
    copying psutil/tests/test_contracts.py -> build/lib.linux-i686-3.5/psutil/tests
    running build_ext
    building 'psutil._psutil_linux' extension
    creating build/temp.linux-i686-3.5
    creating build/temp.linux-i686-3.5/psutil
    i686-linux-gnu-gcc -pthread -DNDEBUG -g -fwrapv -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -g -fstack-protector --param=ssp-buffer-size=4 -Wformat -Werror=format-security -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -fPIC -DPSUTIL_POSIX=1 -DPSUTIL_VERSION=531 -DPSUTIL_LINUX=1 -I/usr/include/python3.5m -I/PlexMediaServer/hass/include/python3.5m -c psutil/_psutil_common.c -o build/temp.linux-i686-3.5/psutil/_psutil_common.o
    psutil/_psutil_common.c:9:20: fatal error: Python.h: No such file or directory
     #include <Python.h>
                        ^
    compilation terminated.
    error: command 'i686-linux-gnu-gcc' failed with exit status 1

    ----------------------------------------
Command "/PlexMediaServer/hass/bin/python3.5 -u -c "import setuptools, tokenize;__file__='/tmp/pip-build-45z8bzr6/psutil/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-r3gpqlml-record/install-record.txt --single-version-externally-managed --compile --install-headers /PlexMediaServer/hass/include/site/python3.5/psutil" failed with error code 1 in /tmp/pip-build-45z8bzr6/psutil/

EDIT: I just updated from python 3.4.3, which did correctly install

Tommatheussen picture Tommatheussen on 6 Oct 2017

Same issue for me:

bob@hithere:~$ python3.6 -m pip install psutil
Collecting psutil
  Using cached psutil-5.3.1.tar.gz
Building wheels for collected packages: psutil
  Running setup.py bdist_wheel for psutil ... error
  Complete output from command /usr/bin/python3.6 -u -c "import setuptools, tokenize;__file__='/tmp/pip-build-z2l0ojsu/psutil/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/tmp0fnfdklipip-wheel- --python-tag cp36:
  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/psutil
  copying psutil/_compat.py -> build/lib.linux-x86_64-3.6/psutil
  copying psutil/_common.py -> build/lib.linux-x86_64-3.6/psutil
  copying psutil/_psosx.py -> build/lib.linux-x86_64-3.6/psutil
  copying psutil/_pswindows.py -> build/lib.linux-x86_64-3.6/psutil
  copying psutil/__init__.py -> build/lib.linux-x86_64-3.6/psutil
  copying psutil/_pslinux.py -> build/lib.linux-x86_64-3.6/psutil
  copying psutil/_pssunos.py -> build/lib.linux-x86_64-3.6/psutil
  copying psutil/_psposix.py -> build/lib.linux-x86_64-3.6/psutil
  copying psutil/_psbsd.py -> build/lib.linux-x86_64-3.6/psutil
  creating build/lib.linux-x86_64-3.6/psutil/tests
  copying psutil/tests/test_osx.py -> build/lib.linux-x86_64-3.6/psutil/tests
  copying psutil/tests/test_system.py -> build/lib.linux-x86_64-3.6/psutil/tests
  copying psutil/tests/test_process.py -> build/lib.linux-x86_64-3.6/psutil/tests
  copying psutil/tests/test_bsd.py -> build/lib.linux-x86_64-3.6/psutil/tests
  copying psutil/tests/test_posix.py -> build/lib.linux-x86_64-3.6/psutil/tests
  copying psutil/tests/test_unicode.py -> build/lib.linux-x86_64-3.6/psutil/tests
  copying psutil/tests/__main__.py -> build/lib.linux-x86_64-3.6/psutil/tests
  copying psutil/tests/__init__.py -> build/lib.linux-x86_64-3.6/psutil/tests
  copying psutil/tests/test_linux.py -> build/lib.linux-x86_64-3.6/psutil/tests
  copying psutil/tests/test_misc.py -> build/lib.linux-x86_64-3.6/psutil/tests
  copying psutil/tests/test_memory_leaks.py -> build/lib.linux-x86_64-3.6/psutil/tests
  copying psutil/tests/test_sunos.py -> build/lib.linux-x86_64-3.6/psutil/tests
  copying psutil/tests/test_contracts.py -> build/lib.linux-x86_64-3.6/psutil/tests
  copying psutil/tests/test_connections.py -> build/lib.linux-x86_64-3.6/psutil/tests
  copying psutil/tests/test_windows.py -> build/lib.linux-x86_64-3.6/psutil/tests
  running build_ext
  building 'psutil._psutil_linux' extension
  creating build/temp.linux-x86_64-3.6
  creating build/temp.linux-x86_64-3.6/psutil
  x86_64-linux-gnu-gcc -pthread -DNDEBUG -g -fwrapv -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -g -fstack-protector-strong -Wformat -Werror=format-security -Wdate-time -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -fPIC -DPSUTIL_POSIX=1 -DPSUTIL_VERSION=531 -DPSUTIL_LINUX=1 -I/usr/include/python3.6m -c psutil/_psutil_common.c -o build/temp.linux-x86_64-3.6/psutil/_psutil_common.o
  psutil/_psutil_common.c:9:20: fatal error: Python.h: No such file or directory
  compilation terminated.
  error: command 'x86_64-linux-gnu-gcc' failed with exit status 1

  ----------------------------------------
  Failed building wheel for psutil
  Running setup.py clean for psutil
Failed to build psutil
Installing collected packages: psutil
  Running setup.py install for psutil ... error
    Complete output from command /usr/bin/python3.6 -u -c "import setuptools, tokenize;__file__='/tmp/pip-build-z2l0ojsu/psutil/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-bvrqh87n-record/install-record.txt --single-version-externally-managed --compile:
    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/psutil
    copying psutil/_compat.py -> build/lib.linux-x86_64-3.6/psutil
    copying psutil/_common.py -> build/lib.linux-x86_64-3.6/psutil
    copying psutil/_psosx.py -> build/lib.linux-x86_64-3.6/psutil
    copying psutil/_pswindows.py -> build/lib.linux-x86_64-3.6/psutil
    copying psutil/__init__.py -> build/lib.linux-x86_64-3.6/psutil
    copying psutil/_pslinux.py -> build/lib.linux-x86_64-3.6/psutil
    copying psutil/_pssunos.py -> build/lib.linux-x86_64-3.6/psutil
    copying psutil/_psposix.py -> build/lib.linux-x86_64-3.6/psutil
    copying psutil/_psbsd.py -> build/lib.linux-x86_64-3.6/psutil
    creating build/lib.linux-x86_64-3.6/psutil/tests
    copying psutil/tests/test_osx.py -> build/lib.linux-x86_64-3.6/psutil/tests
    copying psutil/tests/test_system.py -> build/lib.linux-x86_64-3.6/psutil/tests
    copying psutil/tests/test_process.py -> build/lib.linux-x86_64-3.6/psutil/tests
    copying psutil/tests/test_bsd.py -> build/lib.linux-x86_64-3.6/psutil/tests
    copying psutil/tests/test_posix.py -> build/lib.linux-x86_64-3.6/psutil/tests
    copying psutil/tests/test_unicode.py -> build/lib.linux-x86_64-3.6/psutil/tests
    copying psutil/tests/__main__.py -> build/lib.linux-x86_64-3.6/psutil/tests
    copying psutil/tests/__init__.py -> build/lib.linux-x86_64-3.6/psutil/tests
    copying psutil/tests/test_linux.py -> build/lib.linux-x86_64-3.6/psutil/tests
    copying psutil/tests/test_misc.py -> build/lib.linux-x86_64-3.6/psutil/tests
    copying psutil/tests/test_memory_leaks.py -> build/lib.linux-x86_64-3.6/psutil/tests
    copying psutil/tests/test_sunos.py -> build/lib.linux-x86_64-3.6/psutil/tests
    copying psutil/tests/test_contracts.py -> build/lib.linux-x86_64-3.6/psutil/tests
    copying psutil/tests/test_connections.py -> build/lib.linux-x86_64-3.6/psutil/tests
    copying psutil/tests/test_windows.py -> build/lib.linux-x86_64-3.6/psutil/tests
    running build_ext
    building 'psutil._psutil_linux' extension
    creating build/temp.linux-x86_64-3.6
    creating build/temp.linux-x86_64-3.6/psutil
    x86_64-linux-gnu-gcc -pthread -DNDEBUG -g -fwrapv -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -g -fstack-protector-strong -Wformat -Werror=format-security -Wdate-time -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -fPIC -DPSUTIL_POSIX=1 -DPSUTIL_VERSION=531 -DPSUTIL_LINUX=1 -I/usr/include/python3.6m -c psutil/_psutil_common.c -o build/temp.linux-x86_64-3.6/psutil/_psutil_common.o
    psutil/_psutil_common.c:9:20: fatal error: Python.h: No such file or directory
    compilation terminated.
    error: command 'x86_64-linux-gnu-gcc' failed with exit status 1

    ----------------------------------------
Command "/usr/bin/python3.6 -u -c "import setuptools, tokenize;__file__='/tmp/pip-build-z2l0ojsu/psutil/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-bvrqh87n-record/install-record.txt --single-version-externally-managed --compile" failed with error code 1 in /tmp/pip-build-z2l0ojsu/psutil/
kyb3r picture kyb3r on 6 Oct 2017

You guys need Python header files. On Ubuntu: sudo apt-get install python-dev.
On RedHat like distros it should be sudo yum install python-devel.

giampaolo picture giampaolo on 6 Oct 2017
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I was just about to comment the same, after I read the install file: https://github.com/giampaolo/psutil/blob/master/INSTALL.rst
However, if you have multiple versions installed (like me, I have python 3.4.3 and 3.5.4 installed), you need to specify a more granular version, like so: sudo apt-get install python3.5-dev
After that, it installed without issues

Tommatheussen picture Tommatheussen on 6 Oct 2017
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Thanks that worked!

Biyoni picture Biyoni on 6 Oct 2017

@Tommatheussen Thank you that worked for me as well!

rdhara picture rdhara on 15 Jun 2018

One more note that may be useful other people with this issue:

I'm using a RedHat distro and Python 2.7, and sudo yum install python-devel wasn't resolving the issue. I eventually realized it was because, for some reason, that installed python-devel for Python 2.6.

After a bit of googling I was able to resolve this issue with sudo yum install python27-devel.x86_64, which installed python_devel for Python 2.7 after which pip install psutil succeeded.

gnarizzy picture gnarizzy on 18 Jun 2018
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ubuntu 16.04 i helped 

sudo apt install python3.6-dev
python3 -m pip install psutil
lain0 picture lain0 on 20 Jul 2018
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You guys need Python header files. On Ubuntu: sudo apt-get install python-dev.
On RedHat like distros it should be sudo yum install python-devel.

Great man. Thank you !

AlexGagea picture AlexGagea on 6 Dec 2018

sudo yum install python-develdoesnt work while you are using python 3 ,So try sudo yum install python3-devel incase if you are running python 3 .. It solved my issue :)

SudoComrade picture SudoComrade on 21 Mar 2019
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@Kosemii I got this error when trying to install tfds-nightly to install tensorflow datasets library.
This solved my issue:
sudo apt-get install python3.5-dev
if you are working in 3.6 then replace 3.5 with 3.6

SumanthMeenan picture SumanthMeenan on 10 May 2019
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I had the same error using a virtual environment. And doing sudo apt-get install python3.5-dev did not solve it at first.

To solve it, I had to:

  • deactivate the virtualenv
  • remove the virtualenv
  • sudo apt-get install python3.5-dev
  • recreate the virtualenv
vinzeebreak picture vinzeebreak on 14 May 2019
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Hi There,

While I appreciate the help, this issue has been resolved for a year now,

And essentially duplicate comments are being posted,

Please refrain from posting unless it's significantly different than
previous comments.

Thanks

On Tue, 14 May 2019, 16:07 Vincent Houlbrèque, notifications@github.com
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I had the same error using a virtual environment. And doing sudo apt-get
install python3.5-dev did not solve it at first.

To solve it, I had to:

  • deactivate the virtualenv
  • remove the virtualenv
  • sudo apt-get install python3.5-dev
  • recreate the virtualenv

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Biyoni picture Biyoni on 16 May 2019

sudo yum install python-develdoesnt work while you are using python 3 ,So try sudo yum install python3-devel incase if you are running python 3 .. It solved my issue :)

THANK YOU.

radihuq picture radihuq on 9 Sep 2019

sudo yum install python-develdoesnt work while you are using python 3 ,So try sudo yum install python3-devel incase if you are running python 3 .. It solved my issue :)

thanks, that works for me!

QixinLi picture QixinLi on 15 Oct 2019
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yum install python2-devel or yum install python3-devel

rickgeorges picture rickgeorges on 1 Jan 2020

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AlexGagea picture AlexGagea on 1 Jan 2020

Thanks installing header files works for me !

hvc02 picture hvc02 on 3 Jan 2020

Same error while trying to install in a virtualenv and I was baffled. 

# pip install psutil
Collecting psutil
  Downloading <CENSORED>/psutil-5.7.0.tar.gz (449kB)
    100% |████████████████████████████████| 450kB 52.5MB/s
Building wheels for collected packages: psutil
  Running setup.py bdist_wheel for psutil ... error

...

    gcc -pthread -Wno-unused-result -Wsign-compare -DDYNAMIC_ANNOTATIONS_ENABLED=1 -DNDEBUG -O2 -g -pipe -Wall -Wp,-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -fexceptions -fstack-protector-strong --param=ssp-buffer-size=4 -grecord-gcc-switches -m64 -mtune=generic -D_GNU_SOURCE -fPIC -fwrapv -I/opt/rh/rh-python36/root/usr/include -O2 -g -pipe -Wall -Wp,-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -fexceptions -fstack-protector-strong --param=ssp-buffer-size=4 -grecord-gcc-switches -m64 -mtune=generic -D_GNU_SOURCE -fPIC -fwrapv -fPIC -DPSUTIL_POSIX=1 -DPSUTIL_SIZEOF_PID_T=4 -DPSUTIL_VERSION=570 -DPSUTIL_LINUX=1 -I/opt/rh/rh-python36/root/usr/include/python3.6m -c psutil/_psutil_common.c -o build/temp.linux-x86_64-3.6/psutil/_psutil_common.o
    psutil/_psutil_common.c:9:20: fatal error: Python.h: No such file or directory
     #include <Python.h>
                        ^
    compilation terminated.
    error: command 'gcc' failed with exit status 1

    ----------------------------------------
Command "/opt/my-envs/custom-venv/bin/python3 -u -c "import setuptools, tokenize;__file__='/tmp/pip-build-gv49hqf0/psutil/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-4oyv7j_1-record/install-record.txt --single-version-externally-managed --compile --install-headers /opt/my-envs/custom-venv/include/site/python3.6/psutil" failed with error code 1 in /tmp/pip-build-gv49hqf0/psutil/

Environment:
CentOS 7.7
python3-devel-3.6.8
Python 3.6.8
pip3 9.0.3

It turns out the virtualenv command is a python2 construct. The Ansible Tower docs are wrong in their recommendation:
https://docs.ansible.com/ansible-tower/latest/html/upgrade-migration-guide/virtualenv.html


sudo virtualenv -p /opt/rh/rh-python36/root/usr/bin/python3 /opt/my-envs/custom-venv
source /opt/my-envs/custom-venv/bin/activate 
sudo /opt/my-envs/custom-venv/bin/pip install psutil

Do this instead:

sudo python3 -m venv /opt/my-envs/custom-venv
source /opt/my-envs/custom-venv/bin/activate 
sudo /opt/my-envs/custom-venv/bin/pip install psutil
dlitster picture dlitster on 26 Feb 2020

ubuntu 16.04 i helped

sudo apt install python3.6-dev
python3 -m pip install psutil

thx man, really help !

fvmitnick picture fvmitnick on 27 Feb 2020

You guys need Python header files. On Ubuntu: sudo apt-get install python-dev.
On RedHat like distros it should be sudo yum install python-devel.

Thank you very much. it served me

falconsoft3d picture falconsoft3d on 7 Mar 2020

if you guys still have this issue just install gcc to your server

igunultas picture igunultas on 20 Mar 2020
👍4

if you try exec pip3 install lmdb , you can try yum install python3-devel

Jerrisk picture Jerrisk on 23 Apr 2020

I was just about to comment the same, after I read the install file: https://github.com/giampaolo/psutil/blob/master/INSTALL.rst
However, if you have multiple versions installed (like me, I have python 3.4.3 and 3.5.4 installed), you need to specify a more granular version, like so: sudo apt-get install python3.5-dev
After that, it installed without issues

thank you, it solves the issue :)

enliktjioe picture enliktjioe on 27 Apr 2020

OS: CentOS Linux release 8.0.1905 (Core)
Python: 3.6
Clues：SystemExit: error: command 'gcc' failed with exit status 1
Problem solved.

ym install -y gcc gcc-c++ libgcc platform-python-devel
PoplarYang picture PoplarYang on 5 Jun 2020

One more note that may be useful other people with this issue:

I'm using a RedHat distro and Python 2.7, and sudo yum install python-devel wasn't resolving the issue. I eventually realized it was because, for some reason, that installed python-devel for Python 2.6.

After a bit of googling I was able to resolve this issue with sudo yum install python27-devel.x86_64, which installed python_devel for Python 2.7 after which pip install psutil succeeded.

For python 3+:
sudo yum install python3-devel.x86_64

vijayendra-tripathi picture vijayendra-tripathi on 18 Jun 2020

I'm using Windows 10 how can I resolve this issue please?

AhmadAbdallah13 picture AhmadAbdallah13 on 20 Jun 2020

Look at the previous comments, in particular https://github.com/giampaolo/psutil/issues/1143#issuecomment-334694641. On Windows you don't need to do that as pip will simply get the wheels/binaries instead of the tarball. I'm going to lock this conversation as there's already a solution and produces too many comments.

giampaolo picture giampaolo on 20 Jun 2020
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