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| author | Jouke Witteveen <j.witteveen@gmail.com> | 2022-06-23 09:19:37 +0200 |
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| committer | GitHub <noreply@github.com> | 2022-06-23 08:19:37 +0100 |
| commit | 8eca1d1c186b6505cc9f06e5d2b42647bce68836 (patch) | |
| tree | 5f51e6f61d15e10b40548a683bb0226bcd27b96b /docs/src | |
| parent | 579fcbc29bbc097af323a504447bebf6e2696231 (diff) | |
| download | cython-8eca1d1c186b6505cc9f06e5d2b42647bce68836.tar.gz | |
Mention python3-dev requirement on Ubuntu/Debian (#4856)
Let's assume nobody who reads the quickstart documentation actually wants
python2-dev.
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| -rw-r--r-- | docs/src/quickstart/install.rst | 6 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/docs/src/quickstart/install.rst b/docs/src/quickstart/install.rst index 8b5f4c350..04a47afdc 100644 --- a/docs/src/quickstart/install.rst +++ b/docs/src/quickstart/install.rst @@ -15,8 +15,10 @@ according to the system used: - **Linux** The GNU C Compiler (gcc) is usually present, or easily available through the package system. On Ubuntu or Debian, for - instance, the command ``sudo apt-get install build-essential`` will - fetch everything you need. + instance, it is part of the ``build-essential`` package. Next to a + C compiler, Cython requires the Python header files. On Ubuntu or + Debian, the command ``sudo apt-get install build-essential python3-dev`` + will fetch everything you need. - **Mac OS X** To retrieve gcc, one option is to install Apple's XCode, which can be retrieved from the Mac OS X's install DVDs or |