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 ## Prerequisites
 ### Windows
 - [Visual Studio Community](https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/vs/community/)
+- [Netwide Assembler](https://www.nasm.us/)
 - [CMake](https://cmake.org/)
 
 ### Linux
-- **Arch Linux**: `sudo pacman -S gcc cmake`
-- **Debian Linux**: `sudo apt install gcc cmake`
+- **Arch Linux**: `sudo pacman -S gcc nasm cmake alsa-lib libxcb xcb-util-cursor`
+- **Debian Linux**: `sudo apt install gcc nasm cmake libasound2-dev libxcb1-dev libxcb-xinput-dev libxcb-cursor-dev`
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+For building on the Raspberry Pi instead of the Netwide Assembler (NASM), GCC's Assembler is used.
 
 ## Building
 ### Linux