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 Compile
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-Apart from basic compile tools (GCC/Clang) you'll also need to install **sdl2, sdl2-image, sdl2-ttf, sdl2-mixer**
+Apart from basic compile tools (*GCC/Clang, Make*) you'll also need to install **sdl2, sdl2-image, sdl2-ttf, sdl2-mixer** (If on a debian based dist you need to install the *dev* packages).
 Optionally you can also install **cppcheck** and **physfs**
 
 Once that is done run the following: