From 42c3c190763bd3346c0201bbcdfa95692fe756db Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mike Ellan <52717970+sonicyeti@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 10 Aug 2020 15:44:14 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Updating readme for linux (#2504)

* Updating readme for linux
---
 README.md | 17 +++++++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index fd83763034..e8d851b814 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -57,11 +57,24 @@ npm test
 npm run app-start
 ```
 
-If you are on Linux and have problems, you may need to install `libfontconfig-dev`
+If you are on Linux, you may need to install the following supporting packages 
 
 ```bash
-# Install libfontconfig-dev
+# Update library
+sudo apt-get update
+
+# Install font configuration library & support
 sudo apt-get install libfontconfig-dev
+sudo apt-get install font-manager
+
+# Build capability for required font-scanner package
+sudo apt-get install build-essential
+```
+
+Also on Linux, if Electron is failing during the bootstrap process, run the following
+```bash
+# Clear Electron install conflicts
+rm -rf ~/cache/electron
 ```
 
 If you are on Windows and have problems, you may need to install [Windows Build Tools](https://github.com/felixrieseberg/windows-build-tools)