From ddca89f045e6f56a5886d1945e4b0054e0efd585 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Eric Mastro <ericmastro@status.im>
Date: Thu, 19 Jul 2018 15:02:26 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Updated installation instructions

---
 instructions/1 Installation.md | 24 +++++++++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 23 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/instructions/1 Installation.md b/instructions/1 Installation.md
index 5752bfd..e235f8c 100644
--- a/instructions/1 Installation.md	
+++ b/instructions/1 Installation.md	
@@ -4,14 +4,36 @@ Prior to installing Embark, you should have the following prerequisites on your
 #### NodeJS 8.10+
 ```
 node version
+> 8.10+
+```
+If you need to update Node, please [install `nvm`](https://github.com/creationix/nvm#installation) and install/use the LTS version. macOS/Linux commands provided for you below:
+```
+curl -o- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/creationix/nvm/v0.33.11/install.sh | bash
+nvm install --lts
+nvm use lts
 ```
 #### IPFS 0.4.15+
 ```
 ipfs version
+> 0.4.15+
 ```
+[IPFS installation instructions](https://ipfs.io/docs/install/#installing-from-a-prebuilt-package), macOS/Linux command provided for you below:
+```
+tar xvfz go-ipfs.tar.gz
+cd go-ipfs
+./install.sh
+ipfs init
+```
+
 #### Go-ethereum 1.8.11+
 ```
 geth version
+> 1.8.11+
+```
+If you need to [install `geth`](https://github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/wiki/Building-Ethereum), you can use the below for macOS:
+```
+brew tap ethereum/ethereum
+brew install ethereum
 ```
 ## Installing Embark 3.1.6
 If you already have Embark installed, please run: 
@@ -29,4 +51,4 @@ npm install -g embark
 Re-run `embark version` to ensure we have `3.1.6`. 
 
 If you have not installed Embark at all, Embark can be installed by running
-`npm install -g embark` (without sudo)
\ No newline at end of file
+`npm install -g embark` (without sudo)