From a36eeaa3301e5da25415c77ab958a752b9efb5b4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Dongdong Zhou <dzhou121@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 4 Jan 2022 15:13:57 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Update README.md

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 README.md | 17 +++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index f9138561..dd3692d3 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -21,6 +21,23 @@ Lapce is written in pure Rust, with UI in [Druid](https://github.com/linebender/
 * Plugin can be written in programming languages that can compile to [WASI](https://wasi.dev/) (C, Rust, [AssemblyScript](https://www.assemblyscript.org/))
 * Built in terminal
 
+## Build from source
+
+### Install the Rust compiler with `rustup`
+
+1. Install [`rustup.rs`](https://rustup.rs/).
+
+### Dependencies
+#### Ubuntu
+```sh
+sudo apt-get install cmake pkg-config libfreetype6-dev libfontconfig1-dev libxcb-xfixes0-dev libxkbcommon-dev
+```
+### Building
+```sh
+cargo build --release
+```
+The exectuable will be available at `target/release/lapce`
+
 ## Feedback
 
 * Chat on [Zulip](https://lapce.zulipchat.com)