Microsoft Windows Python-3.6 PyCrypto installation error

Question

pip install pycrypto works fine with python3.5.2 but fails wiht python3.6 with the following error:

inttypes.h(26): error C2061: syntax e

Answer 1

For me this fixes it:

with Python 2, I have

sudo apt-get install python-dev  \
     build-essential libssl-dev libffi-dev \
     libxml2-dev libxslt1-dev zlib1g-dev \
     ...

with Python 3, I need

sudo apt-get install python3 python-dev python3-dev \
     build-essential libssl-dev libffi-dev \
     ...

Installing python-dev python3-dev fixes it for me!