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 ## Alpine
 
 ```bash
-apk add alpine-sdk bash libstdc++ libc6-compat
-npm config set python python3
+apk add alpine-sdk bash libstdc++ libc6-compat python3 krb5-dev
 ```
 
 Proceed to [installing](#installing)