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    [–] uis@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

    Usually developers list dependencies in README anyway

    [–] thelastknowngod@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

    True. It's the dependencies of dependencies where the tricky part starts.

    [–] uis@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

    Dependencies almost always are present in distro repos. What's tricky?

    [–] thelastknowngod@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

    If you need the python header files, depending on your distro, you may need to install python3-dev, python3-devel, python3, or some other variation on the name. For a novice, this might not always be obvious and they might not know things like apt-file are helpful for figuring it out.

    [–] uis@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

    Huh. Shouldn't apt install header dependencies too? I'm using system where every package comes with headers, so I don't install headers separately.

    [–] thelastknowngod@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

    Debian and RedHat based distros typically do not bundle them together. The have separate -dev and -devel packages for headers.