diff --git a/core/internal/distros/debian.go b/core/internal/distros/debian.go
index fa6e7a82..3c9aa5c1 100644
--- a/core/internal/distros/debian.go
+++ b/core/internal/distros/debian.go
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ func (d *DebianDistribution) InstallPrerequisites(ctx context.Context, sudoPassw
 	}
 
 	devToolsCmd := ExecSudoCommand(ctx, sudoPassword,
-		"apt-get install -y curl wget git cmake ninja-build pkg-config libxcb-cursor-dev libglib2.0-dev libpolkit-agent-1-dev libjpeg-dev")
+		"apt-get install -y curl wget git cmake ninja-build pkg-config libxcb-cursor-dev libglib2.0-dev libpolkit-agent-1-dev libjpeg-dev libpugixml-dev")
 	if err := d.runWithProgress(devToolsCmd, progressChan, PhasePrerequisites, 0.10, 0.12); err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("failed to install development tools: %w", err)
 	}
diff --git a/core/internal/distros/manual_packages.go b/core/internal/distros/manual_packages.go
index a53c078a..d7ffe60d 100644
--- a/core/internal/distros/manual_packages.go
+++ b/core/internal/distros/manual_packages.go
@@ -502,6 +502,7 @@ func (m *ManualPackageInstaller) installHyprpicker(ctx context.Context, sudoPass
 		"--no-warn-unused-cli",
 		"-DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE:STRING=Release",
 		"-DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX:PATH=/usr",
+		"-DBUILD_TESTING=off",
 		"-S", ".",
 		"-B", "./build")
 	configureUtilsCmd.Dir = hyprutilsDir