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@@ -16,9 +16,17 @@ To setup a FluxNode please follow this [guide](https://medium.com/@mmalik4/flux-
 
 ### Building
 
-Flux Daemon build and installation guide is [here](https://zel.gitbook.io/zelcurrency/installing-zel-daemon).
+If you are building for Ubuntu 20.04, Ubuntu 22.04 or Ubuntu 24.04 use the following to install the dependencies:
 
-If you have the dependencies you can build Flux Daemon from source by running:
+```
+sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade -y
+sudo apt-get install build-essential pkg-config libc6-dev m4 g++-multilib autoconf2.64 libtool ncurses-dev unzip git zlib1g-dev wget curl bsdmainutils automake
+```
+
+For other targets or additional information see the Flux Daemon build and installation guide is [here](https://zel.gitbook.io/zelcurrency/installing-zel-daemon)
+
+
+Once you have the dependencies you can build Flux Daemon from source by running:
 
 ```
 ./zcutil/build.sh -j$(nproc)