gcc error trying to install PIL in a Python2.6 virtualenv

Question

I have created a virtualenv with the --no-site-packages option. I get an error trying to install PIL:

http://pastebin.com/SVqxs1sC

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error: command '/usr/bin/gcc' failed with exit status 1

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Command /home/dustin/.virtualenvs/django1.2/bin/python -c "import setuptools; __file__='/home/dustin/.virtualenvs/django1.2/build/pil/setup.py'; execfile('/home/dustin/.virtualenvs/django1.2/build/pil/setup.py')" install --single-version-externally-managed --record /tmp/pip-t_oikl-record/install-record.txt --install-headers /home/dustin/.virtualenvs/django1.2/include/site/python2.6 failed with error code 1
Exception information:
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/home/dustin/.virtualenvs/django1.2/lib/python2.6/site-packages/pip-0.7.2-py2.6.egg/pip/basecommand.py", line 120, in main
    self.run(options, args)
  File "/home/dustin/.virtualenvs/django1.2/lib/python2.6/site-packages/pip-0.7.2-py2.6.egg/pip/commands/install.py", line 165, in run
    requirement_set.install(install_options)
  File "/home/dustin/.virtualenvs/django1.2/lib/python2.6/site-packages/pip-0.7.2-py2.6.egg/pip/req.py", line 1243, in install
    requirement.install(install_options)
  File "/home/dustin/.virtualenvs/django1.2/lib/python2.6/site-packages/pip-0.7.2-py2.6.egg/pip/req.py", line 540, in install
    cwd=self.source_dir, filter_stdout=self._filter_install, show_stdout=False)
  File "/home/dustin/.virtualenvs/django1.2/lib/python2.6/site-packages/pip-0.7.2-py2.6.egg/pip/__init__.py", line 226, in call_subprocess
    % (command_desc, proc.returncode))
InstallationError: Command /home/dustin/.virtualenvs/django1.2/bin/python -c "import setuptools; __file__='/home/dustin/.virtualenvs/django1.2/build/pil/setup.py'; execfile('/home/dustin/.virtualenvs/django1.2/build/pil/setup.py')" install --single-version-externally-managed --record /tmp/pip-t_oikl-record/install-record.txt --install-headers /home/dustin/.virtualenvs/django1.2/include/site/python2.6 failed with error code 1

Can someone help me with this?

I'm running Ubuntu 10.04 (64 bit)

Answer 1

You need to install python-dev package.

sudo apt-get install python-dev