error: command 'x86_64-linux-gnu-gcc' when installing mysqlclient
Question: I installed django 1.8.5 in virtualenv and using python 3.4.3 the worked
displayed the **it works** page when using sqlite

I wanted to use mysql and I'm trying to install mysqlclient using

`pip install mysqlclient`

and I'm getting the following message

    
    
    ----------------------------------------
    Failed building wheel for mysqlclient
    Failed to build mysqlclient
    Installing collected packages: mysqlclient
    Running setup.py install for mysqlclient
    Complete output from command /home/sasidhar/django/env/bin/python3 -c "import setuptools, tokenize;__file__='/tmp/pip-build-5lj39q67/mysqlclient/setup.py';exec(compile(getattr(tokenize, 'open', open)(__file__).read().replace('\r\n', '\n'), __file__, 'exec'))" install --record /tmp/pip-da2_35zs-record/install-record.txt --single-version-externally-managed --compile --install-headers /home/sasidhar/django/env/include/site/python3.4/mysqlclient:
    running install
    running build
    running build_py
    copying MySQLdb/release.py -> build/lib.linux-x86_64-3.4/MySQLdb
    running build_ext
    building '_mysql' extension
    x86_64-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 -Dversion_info=(1,3,6,'final',1) -D__version__=1.3.6 -I/usr/include/mysql -I/usr/include/python3.4m -I/home/sasidhar/django/env/include/python3.4m -c _mysql.c -o build/temp.linux-x86_64-3.4/_mysql.o -DBIG_JOINS=1 -fno-strict-aliasing -g -DNDEBUG
    _mysql.c:40:20: fatal error: Python.h: No such file or directory
     #include "Python.h"
                        ^
    compilation terminated.
    error: command 'x86_64-linux-gnu-gcc' failed with exit status 1
    
    ----------------------------------------
    Command "/home/sasidhar/django/env/bin/python3 -c "import setuptools, tokenize;__file__='/tmp/pip-build-5lj39q67/mysqlclient/setup.py';exec(compile(getattr(tokenize, 'open', open)(__file__).read().replace('\r\n', '\n'), __file__, 'exec'))" install --record /tmp/pip-da2_35zs-record/install-record.txt --single-version-externally-managed --compile --install-headers /home/sasidhar/django/env/include/site/python3.4/mysqlclient" failed with error code 1 in /tmp/pip-build-5lj39q67/mysqlclient
    

I did try installing libraries suggested in [error: Setup script exited with
error: command 'x86_64-linux-gnu-gcc' failed with exit status
1](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/26053982/error-setup-script-exited-with-
error-command-x86-64-linux-gnu-gcc-failed-wit)

and still the problem persists please help me solve this problem  
Thanks guys!!


Answer: You need to install python-dev:

    
    
    sudo apt-get install python-dev
    

And, since you are using python3:

    
    
    sudo apt-get install python3-dev
    

This command should help you.

If you are using mac os you might try:

    
    
    brew update && brew rm python3 && brew install python3
    

You need to brew has been installed already, otherwise you can install it. It
is very useful for getting packages in Mac OS. <http://brew.sh/>

