pip install fails with error code 1

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trying to install this package with

pip install komodo-python3-dbgp --user

leads to

Command "/usr/bin/python -u -c "import setuptools, tokenize;__file__='/tmp/pip-install-j3g900u6/komodo-python3-dbgp/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-nihve5xc/install-record.txt --single-version-externally-managed --compile --user --prefix=" failed with error code 1 in /tmp/pip-install-j3g900u6/komodo-python3-dbgp/