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

07 Aug 2013

Updated 2026-10-02: swapped python-dev for python3-dev and trimmed the lxml packages.

sudo apt-get install python3-dev

Running that command on ubuntu will fix the issue.

If you’re installing lxml:

• http://stackoverflow.com/questions/16149613/installing-lxml-with-pip-in-virtualenv-ubuntu-12-10-error-command-gcc-failed
• https://lxml.de/installation.html

Also try this:

sudo apt-get install libxslt1-dev libxml2-dev libssl-dev