autogen.sh failed

[zhro]

Relevant config.log:

configure:10987: checking for PYTHON
configure:10994: $PKG_CONFIG --exists --print-errors "${PYTHON_PKG}"
Package python-2.7-embed was not found in the pkg-config search path.
Perhaps you should add the directory containing `python-2.7-embed.pc'
to the PKG_CONFIG_PATH environment variable
Package 'python-2.7-embed', required by 'virtual:world', not found
configure:10997: $? = 1
configure:11011: $PKG_CONFIG --exists --print-errors "${PYTHON_PKG}"
Package python-2.7-embed was not found in the pkg-config search path.
Perhaps you should add the directory containing `python-2.7-embed.pc'
to the PKG_CONFIG_PATH environment variable
Package 'python-2.7-embed', required by 'virtual:world', not found
configure:11014: $? = 1
configure:11028: result: no
Package 'python-2.7-embed', required by 'virtual:world', not found
configure:11048: checking for PYTHON
configure:11055: $PKG_CONFIG --exists --print-errors "${PYTHON_PKG}"
Package python-2.7 was not found in the pkg-config search path.
Perhaps you should add the directory containing `python-2.7.pc'
to the PKG_CONFIG_PATH environment variable
Package 'python-2.7', required by 'virtual:world', not found
configure:11058: $? = 1
configure:11072: $PKG_CONFIG --exists --print-errors "${PYTHON_PKG}"
Package python-2.7 was not found in the pkg-config search path.
Perhaps you should add the directory containing `python-2.7.pc'
to the PKG_CONFIG_PATH environment variable
Package 'python-2.7', required by 'virtual:world', not found
configure:11075: $? = 1
configure:11089: result: no
Package 'python-2.7', required by 'virtual:world', not found
configure:11105: error: Package requirements (python-2.7) were not met:

Package 'python-2.7', required by 'virtual:world', not found

Python 2.7 is already installed:

$ python2.7 --version
Python 2.7.16

[monnerat]

You probably have to install the python development package matching the installed python version (2.7?) too, whatever it is called on your system.
Please note the master branch does not support python 2 anymore: you need python >= 3.6 and, of course, its development package.

[Erriez]

Issue can be closed as Python2 is no longer supported: #50