From 53cccb7d3f85980d8864dbabcf0fde3880000ae7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Hardhat Chad <hardhatchad@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 8 Aug 2024 13:36:49 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] install instructions

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 README.md | 24 ++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 24 insertions(+)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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@@ -10,6 +10,30 @@ To install the CLI, use [cargo](https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/getting-started/
 cargo install ore-cli
 ```
 
+
+#### Dependencies
+If you run into installation issues, please install the dependencies listed below for your operating system and try again:
+
+Linux
+```
+sudo apt-get install openssl pkg-config libssl-dev
+```
+
+MacOS (using [Homebrew](https://brew.sh/))
+```
+brew install openssl pkg-config
+
+# If you encounter issues with OpenSSL, you might need to set the following environment variables:
+export PATH="/usr/local/opt/openssl/bin:$PATH"
+export LDFLAGS="-L/usr/local/opt/openssl/lib"
+export CPPFLAGS="-I/usr/local/opt/openssl/include"
+```
+
+Windows (using [Chocolatey](https://chocolatey.org/))
+```
+choco install pkgconfiglite
+```
+
 ## Build
 
 To build the codebase from scratch, checkout the repo and use cargo to build: