From b999eac5bd965908f15021b181f4bccd9ba93a22 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sydney Anne Erickson <sydney@elixxir.io>
Date: Wed, 9 Feb 2022 20:20:26 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Update README.md

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 README.md | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 26fc33259..0d0938ebb 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -27,7 +27,9 @@ The client is open source software released under the simplified BSD License.
 The command line tool is intended for testing xx network functionality and not
 for regular user use. 
 
-Compilation (assuming golang 1.13 or newer):
+These instructions assume that you have [Go 1.17.X installed](https://go.dev/doc/install), and GCC installed for Cgo (such as `build-essential` on Debian or Ubuntu).
+
+Compilation steps:
 
 ```
 git clone https://gitlab.com/elixxir/client.git client
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