Update instructions for systemd-dev installation [skip ci]

Added caution regarding installing systemd-dev on backported systems.
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Mike Brady
2026-04-27 09:42:49 +01:00
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@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ If you are building classic Shairport Sync, the list of packages is shorter:
libpopt-dev libconfig-dev libasound2-dev avahi-daemon libavahi-client-dev libssl-dev libsoxr-dev \
libavutil-dev libavcodec-dev libavformat-dev
```
Building on Ubuntu 24.10 or Debian 13 ("Trixie") and later – and possibly on other distributions – requires `systemd-dev`. It does no harm to attempt to install it – the install will simply fail if the package doesn't exist:
Building on Ubuntu 24.10 or Debian 13 ("Trixie") and later – and possibly on other distributions – requires `systemd-dev`. Be very careful here if you are using backports -- there is a [report](https://github.com/mikebrady/shairport-sync/issues/2195#issuecomment-4325326002) that installing `systemd-dev` on a backported system can severely damage it:
```
# apt install --no-install-recommends systemd-dev # it's okay if this fails because the package doesn't exist