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 ## How to build
 
-Assumes git, ninja, cmake, gcc or clang. If under msys2 use ucrt64.
+Requires git, ninja, cmake, gcc or clang, boost-filesystem, boost-system.
+
+If building under msys2 use ucrt64.
 
 protobuf is required. Use the same compiler for protobuf and mesytec-mnode.
 
@@ -12,7 +14,7 @@ mkdir -p protobuf/build && cd protobuf/build && cmake -GNinja -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE
 export CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH=~/local/protobuf
 ```
 
-git clone mesytec-mnode and cd into it.
+clone mesytec-mnode and run
 
 ```bash
 cd mesytec-mnode