Compilation issue 1/3 giflib.dbg package does not exist (any longer?)

Hello,

coming up-to-date with fontforge again after some years and I noticed a 
few compilation 'show-stoppers'. I am posting each issue in a separate 
mail for clarity.

System: Linux Mint 19.1 (based on Ubuntu bionic) with gcc/g++ 7.3.0, 
make 4.1, automake 1.15.1 (in case any of these is relevant).

Issue 1:

The installation/compilation instructions in 
https://github.com/fontforge/fontforge/blob/master/INSTALL-git.md list

giflib-dbg

among the packages to install in order to compile fontforge on Ubuntu. 
Such a package does not seem to exist; according to Synaptic, a package 
libgif7 is installed by default, while other gif-related packages can be 
giflib-tools or libgif-dev which are not installed by default.

Is the lack of this package relevant? is any of the other suitable? any 
suggestion is welcome. Thank you.

MMG



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