Issue 32401: No module named '_ctypes' (original) (raw)

I tried to install python3.7.0a3 just to test it out and i keep getting error:

Traceback (most recent call last): File "/tmp/psi/Python-3.7.0a3/Lib/runpy.py", line 193, in _run_module_as_main "main", mod_spec) File "/tmp/psi/Python-3.7.0a3/Lib/runpy.py", line 85, in _run_code exec(code, run_globals) File "/tmp/psi/Python-3.7.0a3/Lib/ensurepip/main.py", line 5, in sys.exit(ensurepip._main()) File "/tmp/psi/Python-3.7.0a3/Lib/ensurepip/init.py", line 204, in _main default_pip=args.default_pip, File "/tmp/psi/Python-3.7.0a3/Lib/ensurepip/init.py", line 117, in _bootstrap return _run_pip(args + [p[0] for p in _PROJECTS], additional_paths) File "/tmp/psi/Python-3.7.0a3/Lib/ensurepip/init.py", line 27, in _run_pip import pip File "/tmp/tmpuwh0fjm1/pip-9.0.1-py2.py3-none-any.whl/pip/init.py", line 28, in File "/tmp/tmpuwh0fjm1/pip-9.0.1-py2.py3-none-any.whl/pip/vcs/mercurial.py", line 9, in File "/tmp/tmpuwh0fjm1/pip-9.0.1-py2.py3-none-any.whl/pip/download.py", line 36, in File "/tmp/tmpuwh0fjm1/pip-9.0.1-py2.py3-none-any.whl/pip/utils/glibc.py", line 4, in File "/tmp/psi/Python-3.7.0a3/Lib/ctypes/init.py", line 7, in from _ctypes import Union, Structure, Array ModuleNotFoundError: No module named '_ctypes' Makefile:1108: recipe for target 'install' failed make: *** [install] Error 1

System: Linux (4.10.0-42-generic) 64bit

I have installed 3.6.0 and 3.6.4 without any problems.