How to install gevent on an updated Ubuntu 14.04

Question

Lately when I try to install gevent 1.0.2 I get the following error:

x86_64-linux-gnu-gcc -pthread -fno-strict-aliasing -DNDEBUG -g -fwrapv -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -DLIBEV_EMBED=1 -DEV_COMMON= -DEV_CLEANUP_ENABLE=0 -DEV_EMBED_ENABLE=0 -DEV_PERIODIC_ENABLE=0 -Ibuild/temp.linux-x86_64-2.7/libev -Ilibev -I/usr/include/python2.7 -c gevent/gevent.corecext.c -o build/temp.linux-x86_64-2.7/gevent/gevent.corecext.o

In file included from gevent/libev.h:2:0,
                 from gevent/gevent.corecext.c:249:
libev/ev.c:45:22: fatal error: config.h: Aucun fichier ou dossier de ce type
 #  include "config.h"
                      ^

compilation terminated.
error: command 'x86_64-linux-gnu-gcc' failed with exit status 1

What am I missing? No matter if I install libev-dev or not it keeps stoping at the same error.

Answer 1

Checking the TMPDIR does not have the "noexec" flag.

Alternatively you may run pip with TMPDIR=/home/$USER/tmp pip install gevent.