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 We also want to point you to the [MCnet guidelines](https://gitlab.ikp.kit.edu/AirShowerPhysics/corsika/blob/master/MCNET_GUIDELINES), which are very useful also for us. 
 
+## Prerequisites
+
+On a fresh ubuntu 18.04 system you would need the following extra packages:
+
+```apt-get install cmake libboost-dev libeigen3-dev python3 gfortran```
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+
 ## Installation
 
 Follow these steps to download and install CORSIKA8-milestone1