Add openssl development library ibrary installation instructions

airbnb · Dec 12, 2017 · 7f7c216 · 7f7c216
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diff --git a/docs/source/getting-started.rst b/docs/source/getting-started.rst
@@ -29,6 +29,14 @@ BinaryAlert can be deployed from any MacOS/Linux environment (and likely Windows
   $ pip3 install virtualenv
   $ virtualenv --version
 
+4. Install the OpenSSL development library if it isn't already (OS X should have it).
+This is required for YARA's `hash module <http://yara.readthedocs.io/en/stable/modules/hash.html>`_
+and must be installed *before* installing the BinaryAlert requirements.
+
+.. code-block:: bash
+
+  $ sudo apt-get install libssl-dev  # Ubuntu
+  $ sudo yum install openssl-devel   # Amazon Linux
 
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