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Even what you just pasted is wrong. And it would give a confusing error if you used it. Try "sudo apt install vim \ make" to see.

It's the kinda thing an experienced engineer wouldn't have that much trouble with, but you should be able to recognize how much experiential knowledge is required to compile a complex C code base and what kinda dumb stuff can go wrong.

You probably don't need to do much of the stuff on that page to build, but "What is dnf?", "Is the pre-commit hook important?", "Do I need cpython?", "What's an ABI dump?" are questions many people will the wrestling with while reading.



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