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Improve installation process

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#1,178 opened on Feb 12, 2024

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Description

Open to suggestions / assistance on how to make installation easier and less error prone.

One thought is to add better platform detection to the cmakelists and provide better docs / links if required environment variables aren't set / libraries can't be found.

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Contribute suggestions or code to simplify the installation process. Focus on platform detection in CMakeLists.txt and improving documentation for missing dependencies.
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python
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developer experiencebuild system
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2
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Half day
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Clear
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