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 # Pong
 
-A pong implementation in C++. You'll need cmake make, sdl2 sdl2-gfx and sdl2-ttf to compile. 
+A pong implementation in C++.
+
+## Dependencies
+
+You'll need cmake make, sdl2 sdl2-gfx and sdl2-ttf to compile. Under debian-based systems that can be installed using
+the following command.
+
+```
+apt install cmake build-essential libsdl2-dev libsdl2-gfx-dev libsdl2-ttf-dev
+```
+
+DejaVuSans is also expected to be in the same place as it is under compile time. You will need to make sure to compile
+for the same distro that you're using, and also have the font installed. The package under debian is
+called  `fonts-dejavu-core`
+
+## Compiling
+
+To compile simply use the following.
+
+```
+cmake -B build
+make -C build
+```
+
+If you'd like to enable optimizations you may pass `-DENABLE_OPTIMIZATIONS=ON` to cmake. You'll end up with the
+following then.
+
+```
+cmake -DENABLE_OPTIMIZATIONS=ON -B build 
+make -C build
+```
+
+You'll end up with the following command `cmake -DENABLE_OPTIMIZATIONS=ON`.
+
+
+
 
-To enable compiler optimizations pass `-DENABLE_OPTIMIZATIONS=ON` to cmake. You'll end up with the following command `cmake -DENABLE_OPTIMIZATIONS=ON`.
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