pip install reportlab error: command 'x86_64-linux-gnu-gcc' failed with exit status 1

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use ubuntu virtualenv. I try to install reportlab

the command is

pip install reportlab

in this directory

(company2)stefano@stefano-X550EP:~/htdocs/company2$

the error is

error: command 'x86_64-linux-gnu-gcc' failed with exit status 1

actually the pip list is:

argparse (1.2.1)
Django (1.7.7)
html5lib (0.999)
pip (1.5.4)
pisa (3.0.33)
PyPDF2 (1.24)
setuptools (2.2)
wsgiref (0.1.2)
xhtml2pdf (0.0.6)

I need reportlab to use xhtml2pdf because now the django project gives me this error:

No module named reportlab.lib.colors

Could you post the full error log of pip install?

aumo
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2015-04-21 17:29:53 +00:00
Commented Apr 21, 2015 at 17:29 — aumo
– aumo, Commented Apr 21, 2015 at 17:29

Corey Goldberg · Accepted Answer · 2015-04-21 17:32:46Z

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without your full error log, it is impossible to tell. But I bet you are just missing python-dev.

try installing it:

$ sudo apt-get install python-dev

then pip install reportlab again.

hope that helps.

see: installing Reportlab (error: command 'gcc' failed with exit status 1 )

answered Apr 21, 2015 at 17:32

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Gary R. · Accepted Answer · 2015-10-17 16:22:50Z

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The sudo apt-get install python-dev is almost correct. But if you are using Python 3.x you need to change it to install python3-dev. This made all the difference in my django, postgresql, venv setup.

answered Oct 17, 2015 at 16:22

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Waqar Detho · Accepted Answer · 2016-06-10 22:10:58Z

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I was also having the same issue while installing readability-lxml a python package. Then I tried installing following packages, and it worked for me.

sudo apt install libpq-dev python-dev libxml2-dev libxslt1-dev libldap2-dev libsasl2-dev

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Suraj Rao · Accepted Answer · 2018-10-29 11:31:36Z

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It majorly depends on the type of packages you suppose to install. Frequently its failing due to the missing of libsasl2-dev a package for authentication abstraction library which uses in the Ubuntu version

First, install:

sudo apt-get install libsasl2-dev

then run:

sudo pip install sasl

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Starwolf · Accepted Answer · 2022-12-06 07:16:25Z

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I know I am late. But after searching all over this is what solved mine. It need c++ compiler for reportlab. Try Installing g++, the c++ compiler

sudo apt install g++

answered Dec 6, 2022 at 7:16

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