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@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ BigCouch has the same dependencies as CouchDB:
* Erlang (R13B03 or higher)
* ICU (4.2 is preferable)
* Spidermonkey (1.9.2 preferable, [https://launchpad.net/~commonjs/+archive/ppa/][6])
- * LibCurl
+ * LibCurl (7.18 or higher)
* OpenSSL
* make
* Python (2.4 or higher)
@@ -40,6 +40,12 @@ To install Spidermonkey 1.9.2 from PPA:
brew install erlang icu4c spidermonkey
brew ln icu4c
+#### Installing prerequisites on RedHat/Centos
+
+ yum install js-devel libicu libicu-devel openssl openssl-devel python python-devel
+
+ Erlang and LibCurl need to be installed from source to meet version requirements
+
#### Building and installing BigCouch
`$CLOUDANT_SRC` is the directory holding your downloaded source files, while `$PREFIX` is the prefix to which the software is installed (defaults to `/opt/bigcouch`):