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[SOLVED] What to do when you see a missing include file error like "fatal error: something.h: No such file or directory" when you build/compile/install something from source on Ubuntu Linux Server/Desktop

These are some common errors that you might face when you try to build/compile/install something from source on Ubuntu Linux Server/Desktop:

fatal error: openssl/ssl.h: No such file or directory
fatal error: zlib.h: No such file or directory
fatal error: png.h: No such file or directory
fatal error: curl/curl.h: No such file or directory
fatal error: expat.h: No such file or directory

This would be because of some missing library packages which contain these include files.

The ideal way to deal with these would be:

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