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Note that you should reinitialize or restart your terminal in order for the changes to take effect, as the installer will tell you.
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#. There are a few system-level dependencies which are required and should not be installed via Conda. These include
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`Git <https://git-scm.com/>`_ for version control, `GNU Make <https://www.gnu.org/software/make/>`_, and the C and C++ compilers from the `GNU Compiler Collection (GCC) <https://gcc.gnu.org/>`_ for compiling RMG.
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`Git <https://git-scm.com/>`_ for version control, `GNU Make <https://www.gnu.org/software/make/>`_, and the C and C++ compilers from the `GNU Compiler Collection (GCC) <https://gcc.gnu.org/>`_ for compiling RMG. For WSL users, `libxrender1 <https://packages.debian.org/sid/libxrender1>`_ may also need to be installed.
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For Linux users, you can check whether these are already installed by simply calling them via the command line, which
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will let you know if they are missing. To install any missing packages, you should use the appropriate package manager
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for your system.
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a. On Ubuntu and Debian the package manager is ``apt`` ::
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sudo apt install git gcc g++ make
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sudo apt install git gcc g++ make libxrender1
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b. On Fedora and Red Hat derivatives (RHEL 8+) the package manager is ``dnf`` ::
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sudo dnf install git gcc gcc-c++ make
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sudo dnf install git gcc gcc-c++ make libxrender1
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c. For Red Hat 7 and lower, replace ``dnf`` with ``yum`` in the preceding.
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d. On openSUSE the package manager is ``zypper``::
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sudo zypper install git gcc gcc-c++ make
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sudo zypper install git gcc gcc-c++ make libxrender1
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e. On Manjaro or Arch Linux the package manager is ``pacman`` ::
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sudo pacman -S git gcc make
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sudo pacman -S git gcc make libxrender1
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f. For MacOS users, the above packages can be easily obtained by installing the XCode Command Line Tools.
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These are a set of packages relevant for software development which have been bundled together by Apple.

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