It's definitely worse with C. Most projects just give you a general "you need X library". Unknown version. Check with your distro which of multiple (or none) pa

It's definitely worse with C. Most projects just give you a general "you need X library". Unknown version. Check with your distro which of multiple (or none) package that might be. Then also the X-devel for the headers. Aaaaand then there's all the arcane configure script nightmares.