From c7c7502eae368bf09c1ed4ebc36ee155e482d9ad Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Bruno=20=C5=A0kvorc?= <bruno@skvorc.me>
Date: Wed, 7 Aug 2019 11:09:45 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] PCRE instructions in readme

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 README.md | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++
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@@ -48,6 +48,26 @@ On Windows, you can [download pre-compiled DLLs](#windows).
 
 You can also build and install it by following [their instructions](https://github.com/facebook/rocksdb/blob/master/INSTALL.md).
 
+### PCRE
+
+If you don't already have it, you will also need PCRE to build Nimbus.
+
+```bash
+# MacOS
+brew install pcre
+
+# Fedora
+dnf install pcre
+
+# Debian and Ubuntu
+sudo apt-get install libpcre libpcre-dev
+
+# Arch (AUR)
+pakku -S pcre-static 
+```
+
+On Windows, the aforementioned DLL download will take care of this for you ([download pre-compiled DLLs](#windows)).
+
 #### Developer tools
 
 GNU make, Bash and the usual POSIX utilities