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@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ brew link --force openssl
 On Debian-based Linuxes:
 
 ``` sh
-sudo apt-get install curl freeglut3-dev autoconf \
+sudo apt-get install git curl freeglut3-dev autoconf \
     libfreetype6-dev libgl1-mesa-dri libglib2.0-dev xorg-dev \
     gperf g++ build-essential cmake virtualenv python-pip \
     libssl-dev libbz2-dev libosmesa6-dev libxmu6 libxmu-dev \