From: oscar <hejsan.oscar@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2025 15:59:22 +0000 (+0200)
Subject: doc: added prerequisites to readme
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doc: added prerequisites to readme
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diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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@@ -57,8 +57,13 @@ The `default` feature set is `repl` and `sqlite`. With the `default` features, `
 
 ## Install bdk-cli
 
-### From source
+### Prerequisites
+Building BDK requires gcc. If you do not have this installed run:
+``` shell
+sudo apt-get install build-essential
+````
 
+### From source
 To install a dev version of `bdk-cli` from a local git repo with the `electrum` blockchain client enabled:
 
 ```shell