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Bug: Kokoro installation fails on Debian — blis wheel build error #103

@DhananjayCodes

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@DhananjayCodes

Description:
While setting up the Speak AI activity on Debian (x86_64) inside
a Python virtual environment, the installation fails when pip
attempts to build the blis package from source.

Steps to reproduce

  1. Create a virtual environment: python3 -m venv venv
  2. Activate it: source venv/bin/activate
  3. Follow the installation steps in README
  4. Build fails at blis

Error
error: command '/usr/bin/x86_64-linux-gnu-gcc' failed with exit code 1
ERROR: Failed building wheel for blis

Environment

  • OS: Debian (x86_64)
  • Python version: 3.13
  • Compiler: x86_64-linux-gnu-gcc

Suggested fix
Document Debian-specific dependencies needed before installation,
similar to how #35 documented Windows/WSL/Ubuntu issues.

I am willing to work on this fix.

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