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 [labwc.github.io](https://labwc.github.io)
 
-Edit `src/*.md`  
-Run `./build-site`  
+## Contributing
+1. Edit `src/*.md`
+2. Run `./build-site`
 
+## Requirements
+To build the documentation site, you will need the following software installed:
+- [pandoc](https://pandoc.org/getting-started.html)
+- [scdoc](https://git.sr.ht/~sircmpwn/scdoc)
+
+### ArchLinux
+`pacman -Syu pandoc-cli scdoc`
+
+### Ubuntu / Debian
+`apt install pandoc scdoc`
+
+### Fedora
+`dnf install pandoc scdoc`
+
+### Other Linuxes
+For Pandoc, see the [pandoc installation](https://pandoc.org/installing.html#linux) documentation about the inclusion of pandoc in your package manager.
+
+For scdoc, this should also be in your package manager.
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