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System requirements
-------------------
-Buildroot is design to run on Linux system.
+Buildroot is designed to run on Linux systems.
Buildroot needs some software to be already installed on the host
-system; hereafter the lists of the mandatory and optional packages
+system; here are the lists of the mandatory and optional packages
(package names may vary between distributions).
-Take care of _installing both runtime and development data_, especially
+Take care to _install both runtime and development data_, especially
for the libraries that may be packaged in 2 distinct packages.
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ Optional packages
* Source fetching tools:
+
In the official tree, most of the package sources are retrieved
-using +wget+, few are only available through their +git+, +mercurial+,
+using +wget+; a few are only available through their +git+, +mercurial+,
or +svn+ repository.
+
All other source fetching methods are implemented and may be used in a
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