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 Installation
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+For a full install guide from scratch, including how to install dependencies see [the wiki install guide](https://github.com/boothj5/profanity/wiki/Installation-guide).
+
 Dependencies: ncurses, libstrophe, glib, expat, xml2 and openssl.
 
 Optional Dependencies: libnotify