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 In the default option, when `make` command is called without arguments, it builds the binary and right after that dropped into the picrin interactive shell (REPL).
 
+## Requirement
+
+picrin scheme depends on some external libraries to build the binary:
+
+- bison
+- yacc
+- make
+- gcc
+- readline
+
 ## Authors
 
 Yuichi Nishiwaki (yuichi.nishiwaki at gmail.com)