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@@ -16,6 +16,15 @@ The user is expected to provide their own data, their own fitness function, and
 they would like to use. This set can be found in the files of `src/HushGP/Instructions`. You can also
 check the haddock documentation for lists of these as well.
 
+# Building Instructions
+
+In order to build Hush with hmatrix, `lapack` development libraries must be installed on your
+system.
+
+dnf: `sudo apt install lapack-devel`
+
+Nix doesn't have this problem.
+
 ## Nix Users
 
 This took my machine about 2 hours to build the environment after running `nix develop`.