From 5ef037584bd9019aaddfddacbf7b7872c4fab465 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Alex Crichton <alex@alexcrichton.com>
Date: Sun, 7 Sep 2014 11:25:26 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Add a note about required build tools and packages

Closes #518
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 README.md | 11 ++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 1e5b09c3b..7376ecc6f 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -28,7 +28,16 @@ as well as MSYS. The installation script needs to be run inside the MSYS shell.
 
 ## Compiling cargo
 
-Cargo can be compiled like many other standard unix-like projects:
+Cargo requires the following tools and packages to build:
+
+* `rustc`
+* `python`
+* `curl` or `wget`
+* `cmake`
+* `pkg-config`
+* OpenSSL headers (`libssl-dev` package on ubuntu)
+
+Cargo can then be compiled like many other standard unix-like projects:
 
 ```sh
 git clone https://github.com/rust-lang/cargo
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