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 ## Dependencies
 - [libcurl][]
 
+## Debian 8.10 dependencies
+- aptitude install build-essential
+- aptitude install dh-autoreconf
+- download and make libcurl
+- git clone this repo
+
 ## Installation
 There are some packages available for Linux on [packagecloud][packagecloud].
 And for OSX you can get it from the mrtazz/oss homebrew tap: