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 python-unshare
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-This is a pure-Python module with no external dependecies for accessing libc
+This is a pure-Python module with no external dependencies for accessing libc
 functions and macros needed for dealing with Linux namespaces.
 
 Development
 -----------
 
-Development has the following dependecies:
+Development has the following dependencies:
 - Tox (install from PyPI by running (:code:`pip install tox`).
 - libc headers, make and GCC (On Debian/Ubuntu install by running :code:`apt
 install linux-libc-dev build-essential`).