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 > **NOTE:** Depending on your platform, If you encounter any build errors during this step
-you may need to install `cmake` and `build-essentials` for building some of our dependencies.
+you may need to install `cmake` and `build-essential` for building some of our dependencies.
+On linux: `sudo apt-get install cmake build-essential`
 
 For simulations, 🤗 LeRobot comes with gymnasium environments that can be installed as extras:
 - [aloha](https://github.com/huggingface/gym-aloha)