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+## Prerequisites
+
+On Ubuntu-ish systems (not tested on Debian but may work):
+
+```
+sudo apt update && sudo apt install libwebkit2gtk-4.0-dev \
+    build-essential \
+    curl \
+    wget \
+    libssl-dev \
+    libgtk-3-dev \
+    libappindicator3-dev \
+    patchelf \
+    librsvg2-dev```
+
+
 
 ## Getting started