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@@ -16,6 +16,18 @@ This is a communications library which allows interface with the Peerplays block
 
 ## Installation
 
+The python-peerplays library has following dependencies
+  python3-dev
+  build-essential
+  libssl-dev 
+  libffi-dev
+  libxml2-dev 
+  libxslt1-dev 
+  zlib1g-dev 
+
+Make sure that the above dependencies are installed, if not install with  
+    $ sudo apt-get install <dependency name>
+
 Install with `pip3`:
 
     $ pip3 install peerplays