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@@ -41,3 +41,20 @@ time ToME is run.)
You can also use DESTDIR when installing to install into a different
location (useful with e.g. stow or when building distribution packages).
+
+
+Compiling on Ubuntu
+===================
+
+If you're having trouble compiling on an Ubuntu install you are
+probably missing the
+
+ build-essential
+
+package.
+
+Each frontend requires the additional packages listed below:
+
+ X11: libx11-dev
+ SDL: libsdl-image1.2-dev, libsdl-ttf2.0-dev
+ ncurses: libncurses5-dev