KTOR-7909 docs: update Linux instructions in contributing.md #1
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…g guide - Replace outdated 'libncurses5' packages with 'libncurses-dev' and 'libtinfo-dev' to ensure compatibility with Ubuntu 20.04 and later. - Use 'apt' instead of 'apt-get' for modern best practices. - Simplify installation commands by combining them and removing explicit version numbers.
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Motivation
As a new contributor, the instructions to build from source have an old version of libncurses and will result in a package not found error. This can be confusing to new contributors.
Solution
Replace outdated 'libncurses5' packages with 'libncurses-dev' and 'libtinfo-dev' to ensure compatibility future compatibility.
Use 'apt' instead of 'apt-get' for modern best practices.
Simplify installation commands by combining them and removing explicit version numbers.