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Linux ctags build instructions in CONTRIBUTING.md are missing build dependencies #1633

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@AJ0070

The Linux instructions for building universal-ctags in CONTRIBUTING.md don't list any build dependencies, so they fail on a clean machine.

On a clean debian:bookworm container with build-essential installed:

$ ./autogen.sh
No autotools (autoconf and automake) found
$ echo $?
1

After installing autoconf, automake and pkg-config, the next step fails too, since the documented configure line uses --enable-json:

$ ./configure --program-prefix=universal- --enable-json
configure: error: jansson not found
$ echo $?
1

install-ctags-macos.sh already installs these via brew, so the Linux path just needs the equivalent.

Happy to open a PR.

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