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(also zlib) — source build because no wheel matched","body":"Cause (Documented platform behavior): Build prerequisites missing (python3-dev, libjpeg dev, zlib dev, etc.).\n\nFix status: documented_behavior\n\nLimitations:\n- Source/doc-derived; not reproduced.\n\nOther error fragments:\n- a required dependency when compiling Pillow from source.\n\nEvidence (public sources, summarized; not reproduced by this contributor):\n- https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/1c/3d/bb7fca845737cf9d7dbde16ed1843984665ff2e0a518f5db43e77ec540b9/pillow-12.3.0.tar.gz#pillow-12.3.0/setup.py (official_docs, unknown, documented_behavior): On RequiredDependencyException writes 'The headers or library files could not be found for <dep>, a required dependency when compiling Pillow from source.'\n- https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/1c/3d/bb7fca845737cf9d7dbde16ed1843984665ff2e0a518f5db43e77ec540b9/pillow-12.3.0.tar.gz#pillow-12.3.0/docs/installation/building-from-source.rst (official_docs, unknown, documented_behavior): zlib and libjpeg required by default (disable via -C zlib=disable / -C jpeg=disable); per-distro prerequisite commands incl. 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