pip install of psutil==5.4.8 fails on Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS with Python 3.7.2

[impredicative]

$ pip install psutil
Collecting psutil
  Using cached https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/e3/58/0eae6e4466e5abf779d7e2b71fac7fba5f59e00ea36ddb3ed690419ccb0f/psutil-5.4.8.tar.gz
Installing collected packages: psutil
  Running setup.py install for psutil ... error
    Complete output from command /home/devuser/venv/myproj/bin/python -u -c "import setuptools, tokenize;__file__='/tmp/pip-install-yi9wvwpn/psutil/setup.py';f=getattr(tokenize, 'open', open)(__file__);code=f.read().replace('\r\n', '\n');f.close();exec(compile(code, __file__, 'exec'))" install --record /tmp/pip-record-n5_xsaqm/install-record.txt --single-version-externally-managed --compile --install-headers /home/devuser/venv/myproj/include/site/python3.7/psutil:
    running install
    running build
    running build_py
    creating build
    creating build/lib.linux-x86_64-3.7
    creating build/lib.linux-x86_64-3.7/psutil
    copying psutil/_compat.py -> build/lib.linux-x86_64-3.7/psutil
    copying psutil/_psposix.py -> build/lib.linux-x86_64-3.7/psutil
    copying psutil/_psaix.py -> build/lib.linux-x86_64-3.7/psutil
    copying psutil/_psbsd.py -> build/lib.linux-x86_64-3.7/psutil
    copying psutil/_pslinux.py -> build/lib.linux-x86_64-3.7/psutil
    copying psutil/_pssunos.py -> build/lib.linux-x86_64-3.7/psutil
    copying psutil/_psosx.py -> build/lib.linux-x86_64-3.7/psutil
    copying psutil/_exceptions.py -> build/lib.linux-x86_64-3.7/psutil
    copying psutil/__init__.py -> build/lib.linux-x86_64-3.7/psutil
    copying psutil/_pswindows.py -> build/lib.linux-x86_64-3.7/psutil
    copying psutil/_common.py -> build/lib.linux-x86_64-3.7/psutil
    creating build/lib.linux-x86_64-3.7/psutil/tests
    copying psutil/tests/test_unicode.py -> build/lib.linux-x86_64-3.7/psutil/tests
    copying psutil/tests/test_process.py -> build/lib.linux-x86_64-3.7/psutil/tests
    copying psutil/tests/test_system.py -> build/lib.linux-x86_64-3.7/psutil/tests
    copying psutil/tests/__main__.py -> build/lib.linux-x86_64-3.7/psutil/tests
    copying psutil/tests/test_linux.py -> build/lib.linux-x86_64-3.7/psutil/tests
    copying psutil/tests/test_contracts.py -> build/lib.linux-x86_64-3.7/psutil/tests
    copying psutil/tests/test_aix.py -> build/lib.linux-x86_64-3.7/psutil/tests
    copying psutil/tests/test_connections.py -> build/lib.linux-x86_64-3.7/psutil/tests
    copying psutil/tests/test_misc.py -> build/lib.linux-x86_64-3.7/psutil/tests
    copying psutil/tests/test_bsd.py -> build/lib.linux-x86_64-3.7/psutil/tests
    copying psutil/tests/test_memory_leaks.py -> build/lib.linux-x86_64-3.7/psutil/tests
    copying psutil/tests/test_osx.py -> build/lib.linux-x86_64-3.7/psutil/tests
    copying psutil/tests/test_sunos.py -> build/lib.linux-x86_64-3.7/psutil/tests
    copying psutil/tests/test_windows.py -> build/lib.linux-x86_64-3.7/psutil/tests
    copying psutil/tests/test_posix.py -> build/lib.linux-x86_64-3.7/psutil/tests
    copying psutil/tests/__init__.py -> build/lib.linux-x86_64-3.7/psutil/tests
    running build_ext
    building 'psutil._psutil_linux' extension
    creating build/temp.linux-x86_64-3.7
    creating build/temp.linux-x86_64-3.7/psutil
    x86_64-linux-gnu-gcc -pthread -DNDEBUG -g -fwrapv -O2 -Wall -g -fdebug-prefix-map=/build/python3.7-pA1PId/python3.7-3.7.2=. -fstack-protector-strong -Wformat -Werror=format-security -Wdate-time -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -fPIC -DPSUTIL_POSIX=1 -DPSUTIL_VERSION=548 -DPSUTIL_LINUX=1 -I/home/devuser/venv/myproj/include -I/usr/include/python3.7m -c psutil/_psutil_common.c -o build/temp.linux-x86_64-3.7/psutil/_psutil_common.o
    psutil/_psutil_common.c:9:10: fatal error: Python.h: No such file or directory
     #include <Python.h>
              ^~~~~~~~~~
    compilation terminated.
    error: command 'x86_64-linux-gnu-gcc' failed with exit status 1
    
    ----------------------------------------
Command "/home/devuser/venv/myproj/bin/python -u -c "import setuptools, tokenize;__file__='/tmp/pip-install-yi9wvwpn/psutil/setup.py';f=getattr(tokenize, 'open', open)(__file__);code=f.read().replace('\r\n', '\n');f.close();exec(compile(code, __file__, 'exec'))" install --record /tmp/pip-record-n5_xsaqm/install-record.txt --single-version-externally-managed --compile --install-headers /home/devuser/venv/myproj/include/site/python3.7/psutil" failed with error code 1 in /tmp/pip-install-yi9wvwpn/psutil/

[csabella]

Try running sudo apt-get install python3-dev first.

[impredicative]

That seems to have fixed it. I ran sudo apt install python3.7-dev.