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update docs to list cmake required for build from source page #12592

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Expand Up @@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ This document explains how to build MXNet from source code. Building MXNet from

You need C++ build tools and a BLAS library to build the MXNet shared library. If you want to run MXNet with GPUs, you will need to install [NVDIA CUDA and cuDNN](https://developer.nvidia.com/cuda-downloads) first.

You may use [GNU Make](https://www.gnu.org/software/make/) to build the library but [cmake](https://cmake.org/) is required when building with MKLDNN


### C++ build tools

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2. [Git](https://git-scm.com/downloads) for downloading the sources from Github repository.

3. [cmake](https://cmake.org/) is recommended. You may also use [GNU Make](https://www.gnu.org/software/make/) to build the library.



### BLAS library
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## Build Configurations

`cmake` is recommended for building MXNet, however you may use `make` instead.
`cmake` is recommended for building MXNet (and is required to build with MKLDNN), however you may use `make` instead.


### Math Library Selection
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