Chapter 4. Programs Embedding Python

Programs which embed a Python interpreter must declare a Build-Depends on pythonX.Y-dev, where pythonX.Y is the python version the program builds against. It should be the current default python version unless the program doesn't 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.