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I got an installation script that calls gcc and gcc tries to compile a .c file that includes a header that does not exist on my system (ubuntu) .

#include "Python.h"

I have both python 2.x and python 3.x installed but running a

sudo find / -name "Python.h"

gives back no results. I suspect that it might not be bundled with python binaries. Did anyone have to solve something similar to this?Thank you.

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Just to follow up on this. The python-dev packages aims for your default python installation while python3.2-dev for your python3.2 installation. – kaiseroskilo Feb 12 '12 at 12:39

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Python.h is part of the source code for python. You will need python-dev to get the headers installed correctly. Just run sudo apt-get python-dev

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Yes, python-dev added /usr/lib/python2.7/Python.h . Thanks for the advice. – kaiseroskilo Feb 11 '12 at 19:07

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