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 ## Description
 The package provides client access to the web service API of the web analytics platform [Matomo](https://matomo.org/).
 
+
+## Installation Prerequisites
+
+### Windows
+* You need to install git to be able to access the development version of `matomor`.
+
+### Linux
+`matomor` uses some R packages with system dependencies you might need to install first:
+```bash
+#### Debian / Ubuntu
+sudo apt install r-base-dev libcurl4-gnutls-dev libxml2-dev libsodium-dev libgit2-dev
+
+#### Fedora / CentOS >= 8 / RHEL >= 8
+sudo dnf install R-devel libcurl-devel openssl-devel libxml2-devel libsodium-devel libgit2-devel
+
+#### CentOS < 8 / RHEL < 8
+sudo yum install R-devel libcurl-devel openssl-devel libxml2-devel libsodium-devel libgit2-devel
+
+#### Arch Linux
+pacman -S base-devel gcc-fortran libsodium curl libgit2
+```
+
 ## Installation
+
 ```R
 library(devtools)
 install_git("https://korap.ids-mannheim.de/gerrit/IDS-Mannheim/matomor")