I'm writing a C extension for a python application, and need to test python-specific C code. To do so I need to import Python.h into my C files, but for the life of me I haven't been able to do that. Most tutorials suggest something along the lines of sudo apt-get python-dev, but my system doesn't have apt-get, and even if it did I think it'd be better to have the dev files in my virtualenv.
Any idea how to get Python.h into my virtualenv?
Set environment variable C_INCLUDE_PATH to include the directory of your python distribution.
Example: 1. Get include directory of your python distribution
find /usr/local/Cellar/ -name Python.h
This will return something like this:
/usr/local/Cellar//python3/3.6.3/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.6/include/python3.6m/Python.h
Now Set you C_INCLUDE_PATH variable:
export C_INCLUDE_PATH="/usr/local/Cellar//python3/3.6.3/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.6/include/python3.6m/"
find /opt/homebrew/Cellar -name Python.h for macOS Ventura 13.4.1. I did not have a /usr/local/Cellar/ directory.in terminal,
$python-config --includes
Assuming you are using MacOSX and Python installed through homebrew,
in terminal, you can find Python.h with:
find /usr/local/Cellar/ -name Python.h
that return on my sytem:
/usr/local/Cellar//python/2.7.6/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/include/python2.7/Python.h
