Error installing pip pyicu

Question

I have been trying to install musicbrainz server on my mac and there is a step where I have to install pip pyicu. I keep getting this error:

Collecting pyicu         


        

Answer 1

I faced this issue on ubuntu 14.04 and 16.04. To fix this issue, install libicu-dev then try installing again. I did

$sudo apt install libicu-dev
$pip install pyicu