no acceptable C compiler found in $PATH when installing python

Question

I\'m trying to install new python environment on my shared hosting. I follow the steps written in this post:

mkdir ~/src
wget http://www.python.org/ftp/pytho         


        

Answer 1

sudo apt install build-essential is the command

But if you get the "the package can be found" kind of error, Run

• sudo apt update first
• then sudo apt install build-essential

This worked for me.