securedropadmin-setup failing with exit status 1.

[ghost]

Description:

Trying to run securedrop-admin setup in Kali Linux 5.5.0 (based on Debian), the command exits with a status 1.

Steps to Reproduce:
./securedrop-admin setup.

Expected Behaviour:
Should install successfully.

Actual Behaviour:

error: command \'x86_64-linux-gnu-gcc\' failed with exit status 1\n       
             ERROR: Command errored out with exit status 1: 
/home/amnesia/Persistent/securedrop/admin/.venv3/bin/python -u -c \'import sys, setuptools, tokenize; 
sys.argv[0] = \'"\'"\'/tmp/pip-install-7at8bfjs/cffi/setup.py\'"\'"\';
__file__=\'"\'"\'/tmp/pip-install-7at8bfjs/cffi/setup.py\'"\'"\';
f=getattr(tokenize, \'"\'"\'open\'"\'"\', open)(__file__);
code=f.read().replace(\'"\'"\'\\r\\n\'"\'"\', \'"\'"\'\\n\'"\'"\');
f.close();
exec(compile(code, __file__, \'"\'"\'exec\'"\'"\'))\' install --record /tmp/pip-record-r0iknnz1/install-record.txt --single-version-externally-managed --compile --install-headers /home/amnesia/Persistent/securedrop/admin/.venv3/include/site/python3.8/cffi 
Check the logs for full command output.\n'
ERROR: Failed to install pip dependencies. Check network connection and try again.

Comments:
I am not sure about what went wrong.
cloned the project
using v 1.2.2

[zenmonkeykstop]

Hi @poseidonlb - the securedrop-admin script is intended to be run under Tails only, so it's not tested under Kali Linux. Our best guess would be that python development requirements aren't available - try adding those with sudo apt-get install python3-dev. But again, note that the script as it stands is not written with Kali Linux in mind.

[legoktm]

Closing per above and lack of follow-up.