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 ![Preview](https://bitbucket.org/spilt/nuke/downloads/nuke.gif)
 
+## Installation
+
+The only requirement is [ncurses](https://www.gnu.org/software/ncurses/), which probably comes with your platform. Use `make` to build, `sudo make install` to install.
+
 ## Usage
 
 `nuke file1 file2...`