The error

If you are trying to install gssapi with pip, it's common to have the following error.

  Traceback (most recent call last):
     File "<string>", line 1, in <module>
     File "/tmp/pip-install-sadads/gssapi/setup.py", line 109, in <module>
       raise Exception("Could not find main GSSAPI shared library.  Please "
   Exception: Could not find main GSSAPI shared library.  Please try setting GSSAPI_MAIN_LIB yourself or setting ENABLE_SUPPORT_DETECTION to 'false'

The solution

sudo apt-get install python-pip libkrb5-dev
sudo pip install gssapi