Chapter 5. Programs Embedding Python

Any package that installs a program which embeds a Python interpreter must declare Build-Depends on pythonX.Y-dev, where X.Y is the Python version the program builds against. It should be the current default Python version unless the program does not work correctly with this version.

Dependencies for programs linking against the shared Python library will be automatically created by dpkg-shlibdeps. The libpythonX.Y.so.Z library the program is built against is provided by the pythonX.Y package.