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+# How to Install OS-Level Dependencies
+
+BigchainDB Server has some OS-level dependencies that must be installed.
+
+On Ubuntu 14.04, we found that the following was enough:
+```text
+sudo apt-get update
+sudo apt-get install g++ python3-dev
+```
+
+On Fedora 23, we found that the following was enough (tested in February 2015):
+```text
+sudo dnf update
+sudo dnf install gcc-c++ redhat-rpm-config python3-devel
+```
+
+(If you're using a version of Fedora before version 22, you may have to use `yum` instead of `dnf`.)