unable to execute 'x86_64-conda_cos6-linux-gnu-gcc': No such file or directory (pysam installation)

I am trying to install pysam.

After excecuting:

python path/to/pysam-master/setup.py build

This error is produced:

unable to execute 'x86_64-conda_cos6-linux-gnu-gcc': No such file or directoryerror: command 'x86_64-conda_cos6-linux-gnu-gcc' failed with exit status 1

There are similar threads, but they all seem to address the problem assumig administriator rights, which I do not have. Is there a way around to install the needed files?

DISCLAIMER: This question derived from a previous post of mine. manually installing pysam error: "ImportError: No module named version"But since it might require a different approach, I made it a question of its own.