From: Brian Warner <warner@lothar.com>
Date: Mon, 15 Jun 2015 04:21:22 +0000 (-0700)
Subject: quickstart: Mention python-dev package for Python.h
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quickstart: Mention python-dev package for Python.h

Closes ticket:2328.
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diff --git a/docs/quickstart.rst b/docs/quickstart.rst
index 4616b1eb..28061435 100644
--- a/docs/quickstart.rst
+++ b/docs/quickstart.rst
@@ -61,6 +61,11 @@ On Windows, the ``build`` step might tell you to open a new Command Prompt
 (or, on XP and earlier, to log out and back in again). This is needed the
 first time you set up Tahoe-LAFS on a particular installation of Windows.
 
+If you see an error like ``fatal error: Python.h: No such file or directory``
+while compiling the dependencies, you need the Python development headers. If
+you are on a Debian or Ubuntu system, you can install them with ``sudo
+apt-get install python-dev``. On RedHat/Fedora, install ``python-devel``.
+
 Run "``bin/tahoe --version``" (on Windows, "``bin\tahoe --version``") to
 verify that the executable tool prints out the right version number after
 "``allmydata-tahoe:``".