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 <h1 class="lined-header"><span>Installation</span></h1>
 
-<div class="paragraph"><p>This chapter explains how to setup your system in
-order to use Erlang.mk.</p></div>
 <div class="sect1">
 <h2 id="_on_unix">On Unix</h2>
 <div class="sectionbody">
-<div class="paragraph"><p>Erlang.mk requires GNU Make to be installed. GNU Make 3.81
-or later is required. GNU Make 4.1 or later is recommended,
-as this is the version Erlang.mk is developed on.</p></div>
+<div class="paragraph"><p>Erlang.mk requires GNU Make to be installed. While it will
+currently work with GNU Make 3.81, support for this version
+is deprecated and will be removed in 2017. We recommend
+GNU Make 4.1 or later.</p></div>
+<div class="paragraph"><p>Git and Erlang/OTP must also be installed.</p></div>
 <div class="paragraph"><p>Some functionality requires that Autoconf 2.59 or later be
 installed, in order to compile Erlang/OTP. Erlang/OTP may
 have further requirements depending on your needs.</p></div>
-<div class="paragraph"><p>Erlang.mk currently requires Erlang/OTP to be installed in
-order to compile Erlang projects.</p></div>
 <div class="paragraph"><p>Some packages may require additional libraries.</p></div>
+<div class="sect3">
+<h4 id="_linux">Linux</h4>
+<div class="paragraph"><p>The commands to install packages vary between distributions:</p></div>
+<div class="listingblock">
+<div class="title">Arch Linux</div>
+<div class="content"><!-- Generator: GNU source-highlight 3.1.8
+by Lorenzo Bettini
+http://www.lorenzobettini.it
+http://www.gnu.org/software/src-highlite -->
+<pre><tt>$ pacman -Sy erlang git make</tt></pre></div></div>
+</div>
+<div class="sect3">
+<h4 id="_freebsd">FreeBSD</h4>
+<div class="paragraph"><p>FreeBSD comes with binary and source packages:</p></div>
+<div class="listingblock">
+<div class="title">Install binary packages</div>
+<div class="content"><!-- Generator: GNU source-highlight 3.1.8
+by Lorenzo Bettini
+http://www.lorenzobettini.it
+http://www.gnu.org/software/src-highlite -->
+<pre><tt>$ pkg install erlang git gmake</tt></pre></div></div>
+<div class="paragraph"><p>On FreeBSD the <code>make</code> command is BSD Make. Use <code>gmake</code> instead.</p></div>
+</div>
+<div class="sect3">
+<h4 id="_os_x_and_macos">OS X and macOS</h4>
+<div class="paragraph"><p>While Apple distributes their own GNU Make, their version is
+very old and plagued with numerous bugs. It is recommended
+to install a more recent version from either Homebrew or
+MacPorts:</p></div>
+<div class="listingblock">
+<div class="title">Homebrew</div>
+<div class="content"><!-- Generator: GNU source-highlight 3.1.8
+by Lorenzo Bettini
+http://www.lorenzobettini.it
+http://www.gnu.org/software/src-highlite -->
+<pre><tt>$ brew install erlang git homebrew/dupes/make</tt></pre></div></div>
+<div class="paragraph"><p>Homebrew installs GNU Make as <code>gmake</code>. The <code>make</code> command
+is the one provided by Apple.</p></div>
+<div class="listingblock">
+<div class="title">MacPorts</div>
+<div class="content"><!-- Generator: GNU source-highlight 3.1.8
+by Lorenzo Bettini
+http://www.lorenzobettini.it
+http://www.gnu.org/software/src-highlite -->
+<pre><tt>$ sudo port install erlang git gmake</tt></pre></div></div>
+</div>
 </div>
 </div>
 <div class="sect1">
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