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 On Arch Linux:
 
 ``` sh
-sudo pacman -S base-devel git python2 python2-virtualenv mesa ttf-font cmake bzip2
+sudo pacman -S --needed base-devel git python2 python2-virtualenv mesa ttf-font cmake bzip2
 ```
 
 Cross-compilation for Android: