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I want to install pylint, and I am getting the error No module named '_ctypes'. A solution described in pyenv fails with : ModuleNotFoundError: No module named '_ctypes' error is to run sudo apt-get install libffi-dev. However, I do not have root priviledges, so cannot install libffi-dev on my machine. Is there any other way for it to work?

I am using Ubuntu 16.04, pip 21.1.1 and python 3.8. Also, I am using pyenv for python

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The answer to the below issue solved it for me.

I'm also using pyenv and came across a similar issue with pyenv with it still not working even after installing libffi-dev (ubuntu 20.04) as per other SO questions on the topic - something to do with libffi being a higher version. Reinstalling with brew as per this answer did the trick for me.

$ brew remove --ignore-dependencies libffi $ pyenv install 3.9.9 $ brew install libffi

Source: pyenv building python on Linux Mint with WARNING: renaming "_ctypes"

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The OP explicitly notes, however, that he does not have root privileges. So I believe this will not work for his use case.

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