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-To cmpile using cmake use the following commands:
+# LDMicro for Linux
+This is a linux compatible version of the original LDMicro program.
+
+GitHub repository of LDMicro for windows can be found [here](https://github.com/akshay-c/LDmicro)
+
+## External package dependencies
+The install commands for all the packages required to compile LDMicro for Linux are given below:
+
+_Note_: Be sure to run `sudo apt-get update` and `sudo apt-get upgrade` before running the following commands
+
+* Cmake: `sudo apt-get install cmake`
+* GTK3: `sudo apt-get install libgtk-3-dev`
+* MinGW: 
+  ```
+  sudo apt-get install gcc-mingw-w64
+  sudo apt-get install g++-mingw-w64
+  ```
+* Perl: `sudo apt-get install perl`
+
+## LDMicro for Linux can be compiled and run using the following commands
+### To cmpile using cmake use the following commands
 ```
 cd /LDmicro/build
 cmake ..
 make
 ```
-
-To run program in linux use the following command:
+### To run program in linux use the following command
 
 `./LDmicro /c <.ld file to compile> <.hex destination file>`