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@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ You will need `openssl` development files (version 1.1 or later) to compile and
 
 **Ubuntu:**
 ```sh
-$ apt-get install libssl-dev cmake
+$ apt-get install gcc g++ cmake libssl-dev
 ```
 **For other linux distributions:**