From 5cc6e1d1688ef259a7c4ed4142f88e5fda7d171b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Emil Lerch <emil@lerch.org>
Date: Mon, 2 Mar 2026 14:44:45 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] add system dependency information to README

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 README.md | 9 ++++++++-
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index b49f274..513fabe 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -4,7 +4,14 @@ A weather applet for the [COSMIC](https://github.com/pop-os/cosmic-epoch) deskto
 
 ## Building
 
-Requires a Rust toolchain. Install via [rustup](https://rustup.rs/) if needed.
+Requires a Rust toolchain and the following system dependencies:
+
+```sh
+# Debian/Ubuntu
+sudo apt-get install pkg-config libxkbcommon-dev libwayland-dev
+```
+
+Install Rust via [rustup](https://rustup.rs/) if needed, then:
 
 ```sh
 cargo build --release