From 827ea9d9e2db79dbbd79a51dd5a43a1097dd901e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Neal Cardwell <ncardwell@google.com>
Date: Sat, 7 Aug 2021 10:09:37 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] packetdrill: add to README.md a command for installing
 dependencies

Inspired by packetdrill list e-mail thread:

  set_sysctls.py only works with python < 2.6
  https://groups.google.com/g/packetdrill/c/EdvZS4FlMII/m/s-9L7qF1BwAJ

Signed-off-by: Neal Cardwell <ncardwell@google.com>
---
 README.md | 8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 1911733b..a150075c 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -17,6 +17,14 @@ External links:
 
 # How To Get Started with packetdrill
 
+First, download the dependencies that you will need in order to build and run
+packetdrill. If you are on a Linux system based on Debian/Ubuntu then you can
+use a command like:
+
+```
+sudo apt install git gcc make bison flex python
+```
+
 To check out and build packetdrill:
 
 ```