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Add documentation around package dependencies (#41437)

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Documented procedure to handle package dependencies required by
packages which are Ansible dependencies.

Fixes: #30732
Fixes: #16571

Signed-off-by: Abhijeet Kasurde <akasurde@redhat.com>
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@@ -131,6 +131,19 @@ requires Python 2, you can also report a bug on our `bug tracker
Do not replace the shebang lines of your python modules. Ansible will do this for you automatically at deploy time.
.. _installation_faqs:
How do I handle the package dependencies required by Ansible package dependencies during Ansible installation ?
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While installing Ansible, sometimes you may encounter errors such as `No package 'libffi' found` or `fatal error: Python.h: No such file or directory`
These errors are generally caused by the missing packages which are dependencies of the packages required by Ansible.
For example, `libffi` package is dependency of `pynacl` and `paramiko` (Ansible -> paramiko -> pynacl -> libffi).
In order to solve these kinds of dependency issue, you may need to install required packages using the OS native package managers (e.g., `yum`, `dnf` or `apt`) or as mentioned in the package installation guide.
Please refer the documentation of the respective package for such dependencies and their installation methods.
Common Platform Issues
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