How do I install python-ldap in a virtualenv on Ubuntu?

Question

I keep getting GCC compilation errors:

$ pip install python-ldap
...
compilation terminated.

error: command 'gcc' failed with exit status 1

Jace Browning · Accepted Answer · 2013-08-08 19:50:00Z

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I found this blog post which has the answer:

Essentially, you need to ensure you have the necessary development libraries installed:

sudo apt-get install libsasl2-dev python-dev libldap2-dev libssl-dev

answered Aug 8, 2013 at 19:50

Jace Browning

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Good find. If you plan to compile from source more often, the 'build-essential' meta package is good to have aboard as well.

I didn't know about this! Link for the lazy: packages.ubuntu.com/lucid/build-essential

Appreciated, your answer helped me too. :)

This does not work on Ubuntu 16.x. I do not know why. But it gives the same complaint even after the apt-get line above.