include note on build-essentials in the README

siddhantgoel · Oct 6, 2020 · eaccd11 · eaccd11
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@@ -58,7 +58,10 @@ Up-to-date documentation is available on `Read the Docs`_.
 Development
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-Please make sure you have Python 3.5+ and `pip-tools`_ installed.
+Please make sure you have Python 3.6+ and `pip-tools`_ installed. Additionally,
+this package includes a C extension, so please make sure you have a working C
+compiler available. On Debian-based distros this means installing the
+:code:`build-essentials` package.
 
 1. Git clone the repository -
    :code:`git clone https://github.com/siddhantgoel/streaming-form-data`