Python.h Error While Installing Numpy for PyPy on Ubuntu 16.04

I encountered this error whiling install the PyPy port of Numpy on Ubuntu 16.04. Here is how to solve it.

The command line I used was:

1	$ pip install git+https://bitbucket.org/pypy/numpy.git

The error message was like this:

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# a bunch of tracebacks
# then this line
SystemError: Cannot compile 'Python.h'. Perhaps you need to install python-dev|python-devel.

The solution is actually to install the pypy-dev package instead of the python-dev package suggested by the error message.

1 2	$ sudo apt-get intall pypy-dev $ pip install git+https://bitbucket.org/pypy/numpy.git