From 856224c62d099c008ca1d8c3b29efcc4db5fbbee Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Hanno Cornelius <68783915+jm-clius@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 10 Apr 2025 14:38:56 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] docs: update prerequisites (#3320)

Add `rustc` and `cargo` as prerequisite to README (required for RLN compilation).
---
 README.md | 7 +++++++
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 9d8b58110..9b6dba4a4 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -21,6 +21,13 @@ The standard developer tools, including a C compiler, GNU Make, Bash, and Git. M
 
 > In some distributions (Fedora linux for example), you may need to install `which` utility separately. Nimbus build system is relying on it.
 
+You'll also need an installation of Rust and its toolchain (specifically `rustc` and `cargo`).
+The easiest way to install these, is using `rustup`:
+
+```bash
+curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -sSf https://sh.rustup.rs | sh
+```
+
 ### Wakunode
 
 ```bash