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 Pre-built binaries are not yet dsitributed for Linux. To build the modloader yourself on Linux:
 
-- Use your distribution's package manager to install `rustup`, `git`, and `build-essential`,
+- Use your distribution's package manager to install `rustup`, and `git`
 - Use `rustup` to install the Rust programming language,
+- If `rustup` doesn't install it for you, install `build-essential` or your distro's equivalent,
 - Use `cargo` to install `cargo-about`,
 - Use `git` to clone the modloader's repository,
 - Then run the following commands in the root of the repository: