pip installation fails for zlib library

Question

when I try to install zlib by below command

sudo pip install zlib

I am getting below error...

Could not find any downloads that satisfy the requirement zlib
Cleaning up...
No distributions at all found for zlib

not surprising, as there is no such library on pypi. Are you trying to install the zlib system library? If so, use your systems package manager, pip isn't the right tool for that. — mata, Commented Apr 8, 2016 at 10:05
then, why I am getting no module named zlib when I try to start django? — Hari Krishnan, Commented Apr 8, 2016 at 10:17
That means the zlib module from the standard library can't be imported, which may indicate problems with your python installation, so this is actually about something completely unrelated to pip. You should edit your question accordingly and add the full error message you're getting. — mata, Commented Apr 8, 2016 at 17:30

Everyone_Else · Accepted Answer · 2016-07-20 21:03:58Z

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It is not possible to pip install zlib as zlib is not a library on pypi. If apt-get is an option, consider using

sudo apt-get install zlib1g-dev

answered Jul 20, 2016 at 21:03

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