Getting Error In Ubuntu "x86_64-linux-gnu-gcc: error: pydarknet.cpp: No such file or directory"

[shivarajnaidu]

When I run the command python setup.py build_ext --inplace

x86_64-linux-gnu-gcc: error: pydarknet.cpp: No such file or directory

[madhawav]

Hi, do you have cython installed?
If not, please install cython using pip install cython. Cython is used by setup.py to generate pydarknet.cpp.

[shivarajnaidu]

I have installed it(cython) in virtualenv (which is created using pipenv) And I am doing this in KUbuntu 18.04

[madhawav]

Hi,
Can you test whether the following import works?

  from Cython.Distutils import build_ext

To explain the situation, pydarknet.cpp is generated using Cython. If the above import fails (which usually happen when cython is absent), the installation assumes pydarknet.cpp already exists and tries to install using it. This seem to be the case according to log you have provided since it contains no logs generated by cython.

Also, can you try making a new clone of the project? Sometimes, cython leaves partly compiled files that can cause weird issues.

[madhawav]

Closing the issue due to two weeks of inactivity.

[suraj-pai]

I was able to fix this by installing python3-dev package

sudo apt install python3-dev