Package python-dev is not available, but is referred to by another package

https://www.cnblogs.com/cyttina/archive/2013/01/29/2882111.html

今天在ubuntu进行python pip安装的时候，出现如下错误。

Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
Package python-dev is not available, but is referred to by another package.
This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or
is only available from another source
However the following packages replace it:
  python

E: Unable to locate package python-pip
E: Package 'python-dev' has no installation candidate

 

这个问题的原因是ubuntu的/etc/apt/source.list中的源比较旧了，需要更新一下，更新方法：

$ sudo apt-get -y update

更新完毕之后，在使用apt-get就没有问题了。