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@@ -80,9 +80,9 @@ More documentation is available at [Documentation](docs/Documentation.md).
 First, install the required packages. (ninja is required only for the quick build, you can use other build systems (like GNU Make) for the manual build)
 
 Debian/Ubuntu:
-`# apt install cmake ninja-build llvm-dev`
+`# apt install build-essential cmake ninja-build llvm-dev`
 
-CentOS/Fedora/RHEL: `# dnf install cmake ninja-build llvm-devel`
+CentOS/Fedora/RHEL: `# dnf install gcc gcc-c++ zlib-devel libffi-devel cmake ninja-build llvm-devel`
 
 Arch: `# pacman -S cmake ninja llvm-libs`