when i try to compile in ubuntu i get this error

[balasid1404]

Running pdftotext-2.1.5/setup.py -q bdist_egg --dist-dir /tmp/easy_install-viqui05x/pdftotext-2.1.5/egg-dist-tmp-gwl5jj4i
/usr/lib/python3.7/distutils/dist.py:274: UserWarning: Unknown distribution option: 'long_description_content_type'
warnings.warn(msg)
pdftotext.cpp:1:10: fatal error: Python.h: No such file or directory
#include <Python.h>
^~~~~~~~~~
compilation terminated.
error: Setup script exited with error: command 'x86_64-linux-gnu-gcc' failed with exit status 1

can someone please help me when i try to use python3 install setup.py it runs and always stops at this place can anyone please help me with this

[balasid1404]

and also i use lubuntu 18 and python3.7 and also i tried both with virtual environment and dirsct compilation none works please help me

[JohnHammond]

Have you tried Googling that error message? Not finding Python.h indicates that you need to install the `python3-dev` library. `sudo apt-get install python3-dev` will do the trick on an Ubuntu/Debian based distro.

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