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@@ -12,8 +12,9 @@ Duckling is a Haskell library that parses text into structured data.
 A Haskell environment is required. We recommend using
 [stack](https://haskell-lang.org/get-started).
 
-On macOS you'll need to install PCRE development headers.
-The easiest way to do that is with [Homebrew](https://brew.sh/):
+On Linux and MacOS you'll need to install PCRE development headers.
+On Linux, use your package manager to install them.
+On MacOS, the easiest way to install them is with [Homebrew](https://brew.sh/):
 ```
 brew install pcre
 ```