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pymol fails with `NotImplementedError: compile with --glut` when running

Run current pymol 3.0.0-7 and it will fail with:

~> pymol
Qt not available (pymol.Qt), using GLUT/Tk interface
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python3.13/site-packages/pymol/__init__.py", line 73, in <module>
    sys.exit(pymol.launch(args))
             ~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^
  File "/usr/lib/python3.13/site-packages/pymol/__init__.py", line 429, in launch
    _cmd.runpymol(None, block_input_hook)
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
NotImplementedError: compile with --glut
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