On Centos Linux, how to install Python package 'readline' using pip?

Question

Using the regular command sudo pip install readline I got an error

Command "/usr/bin/python -c "import setuptools, tokenize;__file__='/tmp/pip-build-Ax57Qh/readline/setup.py';exec(compile(getattr(tokenize, 'open', open)(__file__).read().replace('\r\n', '\n'), __file__, 'exec'))" install --record /tmp/pip-KRvGg7-record/install-record.txt --single-version-externally-managed --compile" failed with error code 1 in /tmp/pip-build-Ax57Qh/readline

The complete console output is

sudo pip install readline
[sudo] password for qazwsx:
Collecting readline
  Using cached readline-6.2.4.1.tar.gz
Installing collected packages: readline
  Running setup.py install for readline
    Complete output from command /usr/bin/python -c "import setuptools, tokenize;__file__='/tmp/pip-build-Ax57Qh/readline/setup.py';exec(compile(getattr(tokenize, 'open', open)(__file__).read().replace('\r\n', '\n'), __file__, 'exec'))" install --record /tmp/pip-KRvGg7-record/install-record.txt --single-version-externally-managed --compile:
    readline-6.2/
    readline-6.2/doc/
    readline-6.2/doc/Makefile.in
    readline-6.2/doc/texinfo.tex
    readline-6.2/doc/version.texi
    readline-6.2/doc/fdl.texi
    readline-6.2/doc/rlman.texi
    readline-6.2/doc/rltech.texi
    readline-6.2/doc/rluser.texi
    readline-6.2/doc/rluserman.texi
    readline-6.2/doc/history.texi
    readline-6.2/doc/hstech.texi
    readline-6.2/doc/hsuser.texi
    readline-6.2/doc/readline.3
    readline-6.2/doc/history.3
    readline-6.2/doc/texi2dvi
    readline-6.2/doc/texi2html
    readline-6.2/doc/readline.ps
    readline-6.2/doc/history.ps
    readline-6.2/doc/rluserman.ps
    readline-6.2/doc/readline.dvi
    readline-6.2/doc/history.dvi
    readline-6.2/doc/rluserman.dvi
    readline-6.2/doc/readline.info
    readline-6.2/doc/history.info
    readline-6.2/doc/rluserman.info
    readline-6.2/doc/readline.html
    readline-6.2/doc/history.html
    readline-6.2/doc/rluserman.html
    readline-6.2/doc/readline.0
    readline-6.2/doc/history.0
    readline-6.2/doc/readline_3.ps
    readline-6.2/doc/history_3.ps
    readline-6.2/doc/history.pdf
    readline-6.2/doc/readline.pdf
    readline-6.2/doc/rluserman.pdf
    readline-6.2/examples/
    readline-6.2/examples/autoconf/
    readline-6.2/examples/autoconf/BASH_CHECK_LIB_TERMCAP
    readline-6.2/examples/autoconf/RL_LIB_READLINE_VERSION
    readline-6.2/examples/autoconf/wi_LIB_READLINE
    readline-6.2/examples/rlfe/
    readline-6.2/examples/rlfe/ChangeLog
    readline-6.2/examples/rlfe/Makefile.in
    readline-6.2/examples/rlfe/README
    readline-6.2/examples/rlfe/config.h.in
    readline-6.2/examples/rlfe/configure
    readline-6.2/examples/rlfe/configure.in
    readline-6.2/examples/rlfe/extern.h
    readline-6.2/examples/rlfe/os.h
    readline-6.2/examples/rlfe/pty.c
    readline-6.2/examples/rlfe/rlfe.c
    readline-6.2/examples/rlfe/screen.h
    readline-6.2/examples/Makefile.in
    readline-6.2/examples/excallback.c
    readline-6.2/examples/fileman.c
    readline-6.2/examples/manexamp.c
    readline-6.2/examples/readlinebuf.h
    readline-6.2/examples/rl-fgets.c
    readline-6.2/examples/rlcat.c
    readline-6.2/examples/rlevent.c
    readline-6.2/examples/rltest.c
    readline-6.2/examples/rl.c
    readline-6.2/examples/rlptytest.c
    readline-6.2/examples/rlversion.c
    readline-6.2/examples/histexamp.c
    readline-6.2/examples/Inputrc
    readline-6.2/examples/rlwrap-0.30.tar.gz
    readline-6.2/support/
    readline-6.2/support/config.guess
    readline-6.2/support/config.rpath
    readline-6.2/support/config.sub
    readline-6.2/support/install.sh
    readline-6.2/support/mkdirs
    readline-6.2/support/mkdist
    readline-6.2/support/mkinstalldirs
    readline-6.2/support/shobj-conf
    readline-6.2/support/shlib-install
    readline-6.2/support/wcwidth.c
    readline-6.2/shlib/
    readline-6.2/shlib/Makefile.in
    readline-6.2/COPYING
    readline-6.2/README
    readline-6.2/MANIFEST
    readline-6.2/INSTALL
    readline-6.2/CHANGELOG
    readline-6.2/CHANGES
    readline-6.2/NEWS
    readline-6.2/USAGE
    readline-6.2/aclocal.m4
    readline-6.2/config.h.in
    readline-6.2/configure
    readline-6.2/configure.in
    readline-6.2/Makefile.in
    readline-6.2/ansi_stdlib.h
    readline-6.2/chardefs.h
    readline-6.2/history.h
    readline-6.2/histlib.h
    readline-6.2/keymaps.h
    readline-6.2/posixdir.h
    readline-6.2/posixjmp.h
    readline-6.2/readline.h
    readline-6.2/posixselect.h
    readline-6.2/posixstat.h
    readline-6.2/rlconf.h
    readline-6.2/rldefs.h
    readline-6.2/rlmbutil.h
    readline-6.2/rlprivate.h
    readline-6.2/rlshell.h
    readline-6.2/rlstdc.h
    readline-6.2/rltty.h
    readline-6.2/rltypedefs.h
    readline-6.2/rlwinsize.h
    readline-6.2/tcap.h
    readline-6.2/tilde.h
    readline-6.2/xmalloc.h
    readline-6.2/bind.c
    readline-6.2/callback.c
    readline-6.2/compat.c
    readline-6.2/complete.c
    readline-6.2/display.c
    readline-6.2/emacs_keymap.c
    readline-6.2/funmap.c
    readline-6.2/input.c
    readline-6.2/isearch.c
    readline-6.2/keymaps.c
    readline-6.2/kill.c
    readline-6.2/macro.c
    readline-6.2/mbutil.c
    readline-6.2/misc.c
    readline-6.2/nls.c
    readline-6.2/parens.c
    readline-6.2/readline.c
    readline-6.2/rltty.c
    readline-6.2/savestring.c
    readline-6.2/search.c
    readline-6.2/shell.c
    readline-6.2/signals.c
    readline-6.2/terminal.c
    readline-6.2/text.c
    readline-6.2/tilde.c
    readline-6.2/undo.c
    readline-6.2/util.c
    readline-6.2/vi_keymap.c
    readline-6.2/vi_mode.c
    readline-6.2/xfree.c
    readline-6.2/xmalloc.c
    readline-6.2/history.c
    readline-6.2/histexpand.c
    readline-6.2/histfile.c
    readline-6.2/histsearch.c
    readline-6.2/patchlevel
    patching file vi_mode.c
    patching file callback.c
    patching file support/shobj-conf
    patching file patchlevel
    patching file input.c
    patching file patchlevel
    patching file vi_mode.c
    patching file patchlevel
    checking build system type... x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
    checking host system type... x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu

    Beginning configuration for readline-6.2 for x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu

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    rm -f readline.o
    gcc -c -DHAVE_CONFIG_H   -DNEED_EXTERN_PC -fPIC -I. -I. -DRL_LIBRARY_VERSION='"6.2"' -g -O readline.c
    rm -f vi_mode.o
    gcc -c -DHAVE_CONFIG_H   -DNEED_EXTERN_PC -fPIC -I. -I. -DRL_LIBRARY_VERSION='"6.2"' -g -O vi_mode.c
    rm -f funmap.o
    gcc -c -DHAVE_CONFIG_H   -DNEED_EXTERN_PC -fPIC -I. -I. -DRL_LIBRARY_VERSION='"6.2"' -g -O funmap.c
    rm -f keymaps.o
    gcc -c -DHAVE_CONFIG_H   -DNEED_EXTERN_PC -fPIC -I. -I. -DRL_LIBRARY_VERSION='"6.2"' -g -O keymaps.c
    rm -f parens.o
    gcc -c -DHAVE_CONFIG_H   -DNEED_EXTERN_PC -fPIC -I. -I. -DRL_LIBRARY_VERSION='"6.2"' -g -O parens.c
    rm -f search.o
    gcc -c -DHAVE_CONFIG_H   -DNEED_EXTERN_PC -fPIC -I. -I. -DRL_LIBRARY_VERSION='"6.2"' -g -O search.c
    rm -f rltty.o
    gcc -c -DHAVE_CONFIG_H   -DNEED_EXTERN_PC -fPIC -I. -I. -DRL_LIBRARY_VERSION='"6.2"' -g -O rltty.c
    rm -f complete.o
    gcc -c -DHAVE_CONFIG_H   -DNEED_EXTERN_PC -fPIC -I. -I. -DRL_LIBRARY_VERSION='"6.2"' -g -O complete.c
    rm -f bind.o
    gcc -c -DHAVE_CONFIG_H   -DNEED_EXTERN_PC -fPIC -I. -I. -DRL_LIBRARY_VERSION='"6.2"' -g -O bind.c
    rm -f isearch.o
    gcc -c -DHAVE_CONFIG_H   -DNEED_EXTERN_PC -fPIC -I. -I. -DRL_LIBRARY_VERSION='"6.2"' -g -O isearch.c
    rm -f display.o
    gcc -c -DHAVE_CONFIG_H   -DNEED_EXTERN_PC -fPIC -I. -I. -DRL_LIBRARY_VERSION='"6.2"' -g -O display.c
    rm -f signals.o
    gcc -c -DHAVE_CONFIG_H   -DNEED_EXTERN_PC -fPIC -I. -I. -DRL_LIBRARY_VERSION='"6.2"' -g -O signals.c
    rm -f util.o
    gcc -c -DHAVE_CONFIG_H   -DNEED_EXTERN_PC -fPIC -I. -I. -DRL_LIBRARY_VERSION='"6.2"' -g -O util.c
    rm -f kill.o
    gcc -c -DHAVE_CONFIG_H   -DNEED_EXTERN_PC -fPIC -I. -I. -DRL_LIBRARY_VERSION='"6.2"' -g -O kill.c
    rm -f undo.o
    gcc -c -DHAVE_CONFIG_H   -DNEED_EXTERN_PC -fPIC -I. -I. -DRL_LIBRARY_VERSION='"6.2"' -g -O undo.c
    rm -f macro.o
    gcc -c -DHAVE_CONFIG_H   -DNEED_EXTERN_PC -fPIC -I. -I. -DRL_LIBRARY_VERSION='"6.2"' -g -O macro.c
    rm -f input.o
    gcc -c -DHAVE_CONFIG_H   -DNEED_EXTERN_PC -fPIC -I. -I. -DRL_LIBRARY_VERSION='"6.2"' -g -O input.c
    rm -f callback.o
    gcc -c -DHAVE_CONFIG_H   -DNEED_EXTERN_PC -fPIC -I. -I. -DRL_LIBRARY_VERSION='"6.2"' -g -O callback.c
    rm -f terminal.o
    gcc -c -DHAVE_CONFIG_H   -DNEED_EXTERN_PC -fPIC -I. -I. -DRL_LIBRARY_VERSION='"6.2"' -g -O terminal.c
    rm -f text.o
    gcc -c -DHAVE_CONFIG_H   -DNEED_EXTERN_PC -fPIC -I. -I. -DRL_LIBRARY_VERSION='"6.2"' -g -O text.c
    rm -f nls.o
    gcc -c -DHAVE_CONFIG_H   -DNEED_EXTERN_PC -fPIC -I. -I. -DRL_LIBRARY_VERSION='"6.2"' -g -O nls.c
    rm -f misc.o
    gcc -c -DHAVE_CONFIG_H   -DNEED_EXTERN_PC -fPIC -I. -I. -DRL_LIBRARY_VERSION='"6.2"' -g -O misc.c
    rm -f compat.o
    gcc -c -DHAVE_CONFIG_H   -DNEED_EXTERN_PC -fPIC -I. -I. -DRL_LIBRARY_VERSION='"6.2"' -g -O compat.c
    rm -f xfree.o
    gcc -c -DHAVE_CONFIG_H   -DNEED_EXTERN_PC -fPIC -I. -I. -DRL_LIBRARY_VERSION='"6.2"' -g -O xfree.c
    rm -f xmalloc.o
    gcc -c -DHAVE_CONFIG_H   -DNEED_EXTERN_PC -fPIC -I. -I. -DRL_LIBRARY_VERSION='"6.2"' -g -O xmalloc.c
    rm -f history.o
    gcc -c -DHAVE_CONFIG_H   -DNEED_EXTERN_PC -fPIC -I. -I. -DRL_LIBRARY_VERSION='"6.2"' -g -O history.c
    rm -f histexpand.o
    gcc -c -DHAVE_CONFIG_H   -DNEED_EXTERN_PC -fPIC -I. -I. -DRL_LIBRARY_VERSION='"6.2"' -g -O histexpand.c
    rm -f histfile.o
    gcc -c -DHAVE_CONFIG_H   -DNEED_EXTERN_PC -fPIC -I. -I. -DRL_LIBRARY_VERSION='"6.2"' -g -O histfile.c
    rm -f histsearch.o
    gcc -c -DHAVE_CONFIG_H   -DNEED_EXTERN_PC -fPIC -I. -I. -DRL_LIBRARY_VERSION='"6.2"' -g -O histsearch.c
    rm -f shell.o
    gcc -c -DHAVE_CONFIG_H   -DNEED_EXTERN_PC -fPIC -I. -I. -DRL_LIBRARY_VERSION='"6.2"' -g -O shell.c
    rm -f mbutil.o
    gcc -c -DHAVE_CONFIG_H   -DNEED_EXTERN_PC -fPIC -I. -I. -DRL_LIBRARY_VERSION='"6.2"' -g -O mbutil.c
    rm -f tilde.o
    gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H   -DNEED_EXTERN_PC -fPIC -I. -I. -DRL_LIBRARY_VERSION='"6.2"' -g -O -DREADLINE_LIBRARY -c ./tilde.c
    rm -f libreadline.a
    ar cr libreadline.a readline.o vi_mode.o funmap.o keymaps.o parens.o search.o rltty.o complete.o bind.o isearch.o display.o signals.o util.o kill.o undo.o macro.o input.o callback.o terminal.o text.o nls.o misc.o compat.o xfree.o xmalloc.o history.o histexpand.o histfile.o histsearch.o shell.o mbutil.o tilde.o
    test -n "ranlib" && ranlib libreadline.a
    rm -f libhistory.a
    ar cr libhistory.a history.o histexpand.o histfile.o histsearch.o shell.o mbutil.o xmalloc.o xfree.o
    test -n "ranlib" && ranlib libhistory.a
    test -d shlib || mkdir shlib
    ( cd shlib ; make  all )
    make[1]: Entering directory `/tmp/pip-build-Ax57Qh/readline/rl/readline-lib/shlib'
    rm -f readline.so
    gcc -c -DHAVE_CONFIG_H   -DNEED_EXTERN_PC -fPIC -I. -I.. -I.. -DRL_LIBRARY_VERSION='"6.2"' -g -O -fPIC -o readline.o ../readline.c
    mv readline.o readline.so
    rm -f vi_mode.so
    gcc -c -DHAVE_CONFIG_H   -DNEED_EXTERN_PC -fPIC -I. -I.. -I.. -DRL_LIBRARY_VERSION='"6.2"' -g -O -fPIC -o vi_mode.o ../vi_mode.c
    mv vi_mode.o vi_mode.so
    rm -f funmap.so
    gcc -c -DHAVE_CONFIG_H   -DNEED_EXTERN_PC -fPIC -I. -I.. -I.. -DRL_LIBRARY_VERSION='"6.2"' -g -O -fPIC -o funmap.o ../funmap.c
    mv funmap.o funmap.so
    rm -f keymaps.so
    gcc -c -DHAVE_CONFIG_H   -DNEED_EXTERN_PC -fPIC -I. -I.. -I.. -DRL_LIBRARY_VERSION='"6.2"' -g -O -fPIC -o keymaps.o ../keymaps.c
    mv keymaps.o keymaps.so
    rm -f parens.so
    gcc -c -DHAVE_CONFIG_H   -DNEED_EXTERN_PC -fPIC -I. -I.. -I.. -DRL_LIBRARY_VERSION='"6.2"' -g -O -fPIC -o parens.o ../parens.c
    mv parens.o parens.so
    rm -f search.so
    gcc -c -DHAVE_CONFIG_H   -DNEED_EXTERN_PC -fPIC -I. -I.. -I.. -DRL_LIBRARY_VERSION='"6.2"' -g -O -fPIC -o search.o ../search.c
    mv search.o search.so
    rm -f rltty.so
    gcc -c -DHAVE_CONFIG_H   -DNEED_EXTERN_PC -fPIC -I. -I.. -I.. -DRL_LIBRARY_VERSION='"6.2"' -g -O -fPIC -o rltty.o ../rltty.c
    mv rltty.o rltty.so
    rm -f complete.so
    gcc -c -DHAVE_CONFIG_H   -DNEED_EXTERN_PC -fPIC -I. -I.. -I.. -DRL_LIBRARY_VERSION='"6.2"' -g -O -fPIC -o complete.o ../complete.c
    mv complete.o complete.so
    rm -f bind.so
    gcc -c -DHAVE_CONFIG_H   -DNEED_EXTERN_PC -fPIC -I. -I.. -I.. -DRL_LIBRARY_VERSION='"6.2"' -g -O -fPIC -o bind.o ../bind.c
    mv bind.o bind.so
    rm -f isearch.so
    gcc -c -DHAVE_CONFIG_H   -DNEED_EXTERN_PC -fPIC -I. -I.. -I.. -DRL_LIBRARY_VERSION='"6.2"' -g -O -fPIC -o isearch.o ../isearch.c
    mv isearch.o isearch.so
    rm -f display.so
    gcc -c -DHAVE_CONFIG_H   -DNEED_EXTERN_PC -fPIC -I. -I.. -I.. -DRL_LIBRARY_VERSION='"6.2"' -g -O -fPIC -o display.o ../display.c
    mv display.o display.so
    rm -f signals.so
    gcc -c -DHAVE_CONFIG_H   -DNEED_EXTERN_PC -fPIC -I. -I.. -I.. -DRL_LIBRARY_VERSION='"6.2"' -g -O -fPIC -o signals.o ../signals.c
    mv signals.o signals.so
    rm -f util.so
    gcc -c -DHAVE_CONFIG_H   -DNEED_EXTERN_PC -fPIC -I. -I.. -I.. -DRL_LIBRARY_VERSION='"6.2"' -g -O -fPIC -o util.o ../util.c
    mv util.o util.so
    rm -f kill.so
    gcc -c -DHAVE_CONFIG_H   -DNEED_EXTERN_PC -fPIC -I. -I.. -I.. -DRL_LIBRARY_VERSION='"6.2"' -g -O -fPIC -o kill.o ../kill.c
    mv kill.o kill.so
    rm -f undo.so
    gcc -c -DHAVE_CONFIG_H   -DNEED_EXTERN_PC -fPIC -I. -I.. -I.. -DRL_LIBRARY_VERSION='"6.2"' -g -O -fPIC -o undo.o ../undo.c
    mv undo.o undo.so
    rm -f macro.so
    gcc -c -DHAVE_CONFIG_H   -DNEED_EXTERN_PC -fPIC -I. -I.. -I.. -DRL_LIBRARY_VERSION='"6.2"' -g -O -fPIC -o macro.o ../macro.c
    mv macro.o macro.so
    rm -f input.so
    gcc -c -DHAVE_CONFIG_H   -DNEED_EXTERN_PC -fPIC -I. -I.. -I.. -DRL_LIBRARY_VERSION='"6.2"' -g -O -fPIC -o input.o ../input.c
    mv input.o input.so
    rm -f callback.so
    gcc -c -DHAVE_CONFIG_H   -DNEED_EXTERN_PC -fPIC -I. -I.. -I.. -DRL_LIBRARY_VERSION='"6.2"' -g -O -fPIC -o callback.o ../callback.c
    mv callback.o callback.so
    rm -f terminal.so
    gcc -c -DHAVE_CONFIG_H   -DNEED_EXTERN_PC -fPIC -I. -I.. -I.. -DRL_LIBRARY_VERSION='"6.2"' -g -O -fPIC -o terminal.o ../terminal.c
    mv terminal.o terminal.so
    rm -f text.so
    gcc -c -DHAVE_CONFIG_H   -DNEED_EXTERN_PC -fPIC -I. -I.. -I.. -DRL_LIBRARY_VERSION='"6.2"' -g -O -fPIC -o text.o ../text.c
    mv text.o text.so
    rm -f nls.so
    gcc -c -DHAVE_CONFIG_H   -DNEED_EXTERN_PC -fPIC -I. -I.. -I.. -DRL_LIBRARY_VERSION='"6.2"' -g -O -fPIC -o nls.o ../nls.c
    mv nls.o nls.so
    rm -f misc.so
    gcc -c -DHAVE_CONFIG_H   -DNEED_EXTERN_PC -fPIC -I. -I.. -I.. -DRL_LIBRARY_VERSION='"6.2"' -g -O -fPIC -o misc.o ../misc.c
    mv misc.o misc.so
    rm -f xmalloc.so
    gcc -c -DHAVE_CONFIG_H   -DNEED_EXTERN_PC -fPIC -I. -I.. -I.. -DRL_LIBRARY_VERSION='"6.2"' -g -O -fPIC -o xmalloc.o ../xmalloc.c
    mv xmalloc.o xmalloc.so
    rm -f xfree.so
    gcc -c -DHAVE_CONFIG_H   -DNEED_EXTERN_PC -fPIC -I. -I.. -I.. -DRL_LIBRARY_VERSION='"6.2"' -g -O -fPIC -o xfree.o ../xfree.c
    mv xfree.o xfree.so
    rm -f history.so
    gcc -c -DHAVE_CONFIG_H   -DNEED_EXTERN_PC -fPIC -I. -I.. -I.. -DRL_LIBRARY_VERSION='"6.2"' -g -O -fPIC -o history.o ../history.c
    mv history.o history.so
    rm -f histexpand.so
    gcc -c -DHAVE_CONFIG_H   -DNEED_EXTERN_PC -fPIC -I. -I.. -I.. -DRL_LIBRARY_VERSION='"6.2"' -g -O -fPIC -o histexpand.o ../histexpand.c
    mv histexpand.o histexpand.so
    rm -f histfile.so
    gcc -c -DHAVE_CONFIG_H   -DNEED_EXTERN_PC -fPIC -I. -I.. -I.. -DRL_LIBRARY_VERSION='"6.2"' -g -O -fPIC -o histfile.o ../histfile.c
    mv histfile.o histfile.so
    rm -f histsearch.so
    gcc -c -DHAVE_CONFIG_H   -DNEED_EXTERN_PC -fPIC -I. -I.. -I.. -DRL_LIBRARY_VERSION='"6.2"' -g -O -fPIC -o histsearch.o ../histsearch.c
    mv histsearch.o histsearch.so
    rm -f shell.so
    gcc -c -DHAVE_CONFIG_H   -DNEED_EXTERN_PC -fPIC -I. -I.. -I.. -DRL_LIBRARY_VERSION='"6.2"' -g -O -fPIC -o shell.o ../shell.c
    mv shell.o shell.so
    rm -f mbutil.so
    gcc -c -DHAVE_CONFIG_H   -DNEED_EXTERN_PC -fPIC -I. -I.. -I.. -DRL_LIBRARY_VERSION='"6.2"' -g -O -fPIC -o mbutil.o ../mbutil.c
    mv mbutil.o mbutil.so
    rm -f tilde.so
    gcc -c -DHAVE_CONFIG_H   -DNEED_EXTERN_PC -fPIC -I. -I.. -I.. -DRL_LIBRARY_VERSION='"6.2"' -g -O -fPIC -DREADLINE_LIBRARY -c -o tilde.o ../tilde.c
    mv tilde.o tilde.so
    rm -f compat.so
    gcc -c -DHAVE_CONFIG_H   -DNEED_EXTERN_PC -fPIC -I. -I.. -I.. -DRL_LIBRARY_VERSION='"6.2"' -g -O -fPIC -o compat.o ../compat.c
    mv compat.o compat.so
    rm -f libreadline.so.6.2
    gcc -shared -Wl,-soname,libreadline.so.6.2 -L./lib/termcap -Wl,-rpath,/usr/local/lib -Wl,-soname,`basename libreadline.so.6.2 .2` -o libreadline.so.6.2 readline.so vi_mode.so funmap.so keymaps.so parens.so search.so rltty.so complete.so bind.so isearch.so display.so signals.so util.so kill.so undo.so macro.so input.so callback.so terminal.so text.so nls.so misc.so xmalloc.so xfree.so history.so histexpand.so histfile.so histsearch.so shell.so mbutil.so tilde.so compat.so
    rm -f libhistory.so.6.2
    gcc -shared -Wl,-soname,libhistory.so.6.2 -L./lib/termcap -Wl,-rpath,/usr/local/lib -Wl,-soname,`basename libhistory.so.6.2 .2` -o libhistory.so.6.2 history.so histexpand.so histfile.so histsearch.so shell.so mbutil.so xmalloc.so xfree.so
    make[1]: Leaving directory `/tmp/pip-build-Ax57Qh/readline/rl/readline-lib/shlib'

    ============ Building the readline library ============


    ============ Building the readline extension module ============

    running install
    running build
    running build_ext
    building 'readline' extension
    creating build
    creating build/temp.linux-x86_64-2.7
    creating build/temp.linux-x86_64-2.7/Modules
    creating build/temp.linux-x86_64-2.7/Modules/2.x
    gcc -pthread -fno-strict-aliasing -O2 -g -pipe -Wall -Wp,-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -fexceptions -fstack-protector-strong --param=ssp-buffer-size=4 -grecord-gcc-switches -m64 -mtune=generic -D_GNU_SOURCE -fPIC -fwrapv -DNDEBUG -O2 -g -pipe -Wall -Wp,-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -fexceptions -fstack-protector-strong --param=ssp-buffer-size=4 -grecord-gcc-switches -m64 -mtune=generic -D_GNU_SOURCE -fPIC -fwrapv -fPIC -DHAVE_RL_CALLBACK -DHAVE_RL_CATCH_SIGNAL -DHAVE_RL_COMPLETION_APPEND_CHARACTER -DHAVE_RL_COMPLETION_DISPLAY_MATCHES_HOOK -DHAVE_RL_COMPLETION_MATCHES -DHAVE_RL_COMPLETION_SUPPRESS_APPEND -DHAVE_RL_PRE_INPUT_HOOK -I. -I/usr/include/python2.7 -c Modules/2.x/readline.c -o build/temp.linux-x86_64-2.7/Modules/2.x/readline.o -Wno-strict-prototypes
    Modules/2.x/readline.c:8:20: fatal error: Python.h: No such file or directory
     #include "Python.h"
                        ^
    compilation terminated.
    error: command 'gcc' failed with exit status 1

    ----------------------------------------
Command "/usr/bin/python -c "import setuptools, tokenize;__file__='/tmp/pip-build-Ax57Qh/readline/setup.py';exec(compile(getattr(tokenize, 'open', open)(__file__).read().replace('\r\n', '\n'), __file__, 'exec'))" install --record /tmp/pip-KRvGg7-record/install-record.txt --single-version-externally-managed --compile" failed with error code 1 in /tmp/pip-build-Ax57Qh/readline

Update: adding path to $CPATH does NOT help

-bash-4.2$ locate Python.h
/usr/include/python2.7/Python.h
-bash-4.2$ echo $CPATH

-bash-4.2$ export CPATH=/usr/include/python2.7/
-bash-4.2$ echo $CPATH
/usr/include/python2.7/

and I still get the same error running sudo pip install readline:

Command "/usr/bin/python -c "import setuptools, tokenize;__file__='/tmp/pip-build-NP1WUS/readline/setup.py';exec(compile(getattr(tokenize, 'open', open)(__file__).read().replace('\r\n', '\n'), __file__, 'exec'))" install --record /tmp/pip-9Uamrv-record/install-record.txt --single-version-externally-managed --compile" failed with error code 1 in /tmp/pip-build-NP1WUS/readline

Then the said file no longer exist in tmp/:

-bash-4.2$ ls -la /tmp/pip-build-*
ls: cannot access /tmp/pip-build-*: No such file or directory

Answer 1

This is really a Linux/gcc issue than a python/pip question. Also the more compact your question is the better if you look at the output the very end of that wall of text is all that is important

The installation failed when pip is finished the configure step and starts the compilation. The compiler cant find the Python.h file which is the header file that contains a lot of the definitions the source code for the plugin will use.

The long gcc command that failed has this flag added -I/usr/include/python2.7

You can start by looking there to see if that path even exists, and if it does does it contain the python headers. On my system I have a whole bunch of python versions installed for various reasons, but in general my environment is configured so that the environmental variable $CPATH will have /usr/python/active/include where active is a link to the correct version. So if I am working with python2.7 this points to /usr/local/python/2.7/include:

From the GCC docs on environmental variables:

CPATH

C_INCLUDE_PATH

CPLUS_INCLUDE_PATH

OBJC_INCLUDE_PATH

Each variable's value is a list of directories separated by a special character, much like PATH, in which to look for header files. The special character, PATH_SEPARATOR, is target-dependent and determined at GCC build time. For Microsoft Windows-based targets it is a semicolon, and for almost all other targets it is a colon.

CPATH specifies a list of directories to be searched as if specified with -I, but after any paths given with -I options on the command line. This environment variable is used regardless of which language is being preprocessed.

You can fix this issue by first, locating the directory where the relevant files are. Try finding the python executable which python it will point to something like this /some/path/.../bin/python if the path before .../bin contains a /pythonXX/ folder the headers should be in /path/to/pythonXX/include if it does not then they should be in /some/path/.../include/python/include

It can vary based on if there are many versions of python installed, if you are working on a personal workstation or on a larger cluster, or the preference/practices of whoever is your admin (or was when it was set up ) your system. Either way if you cant find it try locate Python.h

When you do find the file you can just add it to the CPATH variable and try again.

export CPATH=/the/path/to/this/file:$CPATH

and try again. this problem will happen the next time you try so you might want to add that line (without the export) to your .bashrc file

Answer 2

Don't know for sure but:

Try installing sudo yum install python-devel

EDIT: Can you check if the directory /usr/include/python2.7 actually exists? Looks like gcc can't find the libraries for Python.