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Debian python package name differs from instructions #148

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forkwhilefork opened this issue Jun 14, 2021 · 0 comments
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Debian python package name differs from instructions #148

forkwhilefork opened this issue Jun 14, 2021 · 0 comments
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Bug Description

The installation instructions say to install python3.6-dev, but there is no such package on Debian 10:

# apt install python3.6-dev
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
E: Unable to locate package python3.6-dev
E: Couldn't find any package by glob 'python3.6-dev'
E: Couldn't find any package by regex 'python3.6-dev'

There is, however, a package called python3-dev, which I think is what we want:

# apt search python3-dev
Sorting... Done
Full Text Search... Done
games-python3-dev/stable 3 all
  development of games in Python 3

libpython3-dev/stable 3.7.3-1 amd64
  header files and a static library for Python (default)

python3-dev/stable 3.7.3-1 amd64
  header files and a static library for Python (default)

python3-devpi-common/stable 3.2.2-1 all
  PyPI server and packaging/testing/release tool - Common modules

Expected behavior

Docs should be exactly correct for those who don't know what they're doing, etc.

Local Configurations

This is a stock Debian 10 setup, nothing special.

Possible Solution

It looks like the package python3-dev exists in Ubuntu , and depends on python3.6-dev. So, it should be okay to change the package name in the install docs.

@forkwhilefork forkwhilefork added the possible-bug Something isn't working label Jun 14, 2021
@thatmattlove thatmattlove added accepted Issue is confirmed and will be worked on bug Confirmed bug or unexpected behavior and removed possible-bug Something isn't working labels Jul 4, 2021
jsenecal pushed a commit to jsenecal/hyperglass that referenced this issue Dec 2, 2022
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