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Raspberry pi and Python 3.7 : zipimport.ZipImportError: can't decompress data; zlib not available

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The error

When you install python 3.7 on raspberry pi from sources and you get the error:

Last 10 log lines: File "/tmp/python-build.20191011035453.21409/Python-3.7.2/Lib/ensurepip/__main__.py", line 5, in sys.exit(ensurepip._main()) File "/tmp/python-build.20191011035453.21409/Python-3.7.2/Lib/ensurepip/__init__.py", line 204, in _main default_pip=args.default_pip, File "/tmp/python-build.20191011035453.21409/Python-3.7.2/Lib/ensurepip/__init__.py", line 117, in _bootstrap return _run_pip(args + [p[0] for p in _PROJECTS], additional_paths) File "/tmp/python-build.20191011035453.21409/Python-3.7.2/Lib/ensurepip/__init__.py", line 27, in _run_pip import pip._internal zipimport.ZipImportError: can't decompress data; zlib not available make: *** [Makefile:1130: install] Error 1 if(typeof __ez_fad_position != 'undefined'){__ez_fad_position('div-gpt-ad-tutorials_technology-medrectangle-3-0')}; Solution ========

Install zlib with the following command:

sudo apt-get install zlib1g-dev