The Tip try to Troubleshooting the Hue 3.5 Installation Issues for Ubuntu 14.04+ and Mint 17+ Linux.

Execute Only the Needed Steps when you find an Issue on the ‘make apps’ command Output… Then Try Again.

1. Make Symlink:

   sudo ln -s /usr/lib/python2.7/plat-*/_sysconfigdata_nd.py /usr/lib/python2.7/

2. For Error 2 Missing sasl.h

   sudo apt-get install libsasl2-dev

3. For Error 2 Missing sqlite3.h

   sudo apt-get install libsqlite3-dev

4. For Error Missing ffi.h

   sudo apt-get install libffi-dev

5. For Error cffi Version Mismatch

   sudo apt install python-cffi

6. For Error Missing gmp.h

   sudo apt-get install libgmp3-dev

7. For Errors in Hue Plugins Maven Build

   Downgrade to Maven 2 (This issue seem to be now solved…)
   Look: How-to Install Maven 2 on Ubuntu/Mint Linux