[Tutor] Total newbie question

[Peter Otten]

MR ZenWiz wrote:

> Forgot to include the list.
> 
> 
> On Tue, Jan 3, 2017 at 11:37 AM, MR ZenWiz <mrzenwiz at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Tue, Jan 3, 2017 at 8:07 AM, Peter Otten <__peter__ at web.de> wrote:
>>> Cameron Simpson wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 02Jan2017 17:21, MR ZenWiz <mrzenwiz at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>I'm trying to install python 4.6 on my Xubuntu 16.04 desktop, and I
>>>>>keep getting scads of errors that culminate with this from make test:
>>>>>
>> :
>>>
>>> A nice shortcut for this is to install the build dependencies of the
>>> Python 3 used by your distribution:
>>>
>>> $ sudo apt-get build-dep python3.x
>>>
>>> Replace x with the actual minor version present on your system.
>>>
>> admar at marbase:~/Downloads $ sudo apt-get build-dev python3.5
>> E: Invalid operation build-dev

It has to be build-dep, not build-dev.