(* GNU/Linux development packages): Tell people to

install additional packages for compiling Emacs.

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diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index abb561f28cd..ea5dc7cbfcf 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2003-04-30  Kai Gro,A_(Bjohann  <kai.grossjohann@gmx.net>
+
+        * INSTALL (* GNU/Linux development packages): Tell people to
+        install additional packages for compiling Emacs.
+
 2003-04-06  Francesco Potort,Al(B  <pot@gnu.org>
 
         * configure.in: Use the same configuration for all aix5, not just
diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index fe06bff8aae..06857b4f9f0 100644
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -172,6 +172,13 @@ BDF fonts etl-unicode.tar.gz used by ps-print and ps-mule to print
 Unicode characters are available from <URL:ftp://ftp.x.org/contrib/fonts/>
 and <URL:ftp://ftp.xfree86.org/pub/X.Org/contrib/fonts/>.
 
+* GNU/Linux development packages
+
+Many GNU/Linux systems do not come with development packages by
+default; they just include the files that you need to run Emacs, but
+not those you need to compile it.  For example, to compile Emacs with
+X11 support, you may need to install the special `X11 development'
+package (`xlibs-dev' on Debian).
 
 
 DETAILED BUILDING AND INSTALLATION: