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diff --git a/docs/tutorials/wiki/installation.rst b/docs/tutorials/wiki/installation.rst
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@@ -21,6 +21,12 @@ Preparation, UNIX
your system, obtain, install, or find `Python 2.6
<http://python.org/download/releases/2.6.6/>`_ for your system.
+#. Make sure the Python development headers are installed on your system. If
+ you've installed Python from source, these will already be installed. If
+ you're using a system Python, you may have to install a ``python-dev``
+ package (e.g. ``apt-get python-dev``). The headers are not required for
+ Pyramid itself, just for dependencies of the tutorial.
+
#. Install the latest `setuptools` into the Python you
obtained/installed/found in the step above: download `ez_setup.py
<http://peak.telecommunity.com/dist/ez_setup.py>`_ and run it using
diff --git a/docs/tutorials/wiki2/installation.rst b/docs/tutorials/wiki2/installation.rst
index c957f641e..bee348de6 100644
--- a/docs/tutorials/wiki2/installation.rst
+++ b/docs/tutorials/wiki2/installation.rst
@@ -26,6 +26,12 @@ Preparation, UNIX
your system, obtain, install, or find `Python 2.6
<http://www.python.org/download/releases/2.6.6/>`_ for your system.
+#. Make sure the Python development headers are installed on your system. If
+ you've installed Python from source, these will already be installed. If
+ you're using a system Python, you may have to install a ``python-dev``
+ package (e.g. ``apt-get python-dev``). The headers are not required for
+ Pyramid itself, just for dependencies of the tutorial.
+
#. Install the latest `setuptools` into the Python you
obtained/installed/found in the step above: download `ez_setup.py
<http://peak.telecommunity.com/dist/ez_setup.py>`_ and run it using