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 # All the Foxes
 
-Requires installing cairo then running `npm install`. Once everything's installed, run `node server.js`, and you're off to the races.
+Requires installing cairo.
+
+On mac: `brew install cairo`
+
+On linux (Debian and Ubuntu flavors):
+```
+sudo apt-get install libcairo2-dev
+sudo apt-get install libjpeg-dev
+sudo apt-get install libgif-dev
+```
+
+Then run `npm install`. Once everything's installed, run `node server.js`, and you're off to the races.