python-dev is not installed about docker-python-nodejs HOT 2 CLOSED

These images are built on the Docker Official Image packaging for python base image which does not use the debian distributed python package, but instead builds it's own. That's why the python-dev package is not there, and you'll find the header files under /usr/local instead.

$ docker run nikolaik/python-nodejs:python3.7-nodejs15 find / -name Python.h
/usr/local/include/python3.7m/Python.h

My guess is that your are using debian packaged python3 which gives you problems. Weirdly the image contains three python executables, two of them (under /usr/bin/) are for OS purposes and are not intended for use in these images. You should be using the executable at /usr/local/bin/python3 or /usr/local/bin/python which should be at the front of your PATH. How are you running python, are you referencing /usr/bin/python3 somewhere?

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If this pops up again, I'll add the above info to the README

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