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
- Create a virtual environment:
python3 -m venv venv
- Activate it:
source venv/bin/activate
- Follow the installation steps in README
- 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.