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@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ## Requirements:
 
 * Ubuntu: 
-    `sudo apt-get install make libssl-dev zlib1g-dev libbz2-dev libreadline-dev libsqlite3-dev` 
+    `sudo apt-get install make build-essential libssl-dev zlib1g-dev libbz2-dev libreadline-dev libsqlite3-dev` 
 
 * Fedora: 
     `yum install zlib-devel bzip2 bzip2-devel readline-devel sqlite sqlite-devel`