From 0304f4a759eba07e6d0f3e210094867d8da2fb90 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Wladimir J. van der Laan" <laanwj@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 11 Jun 2011 23:12:39 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] add build instructions to doc

---
 README.rst | 22 ++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 22 insertions(+)

diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index f24335b5c3..df73f069c9 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -37,3 +37,25 @@ This has to be done:
 - Internationalization (convert WX language files)
 
 - Build on Windows
+
+Build instructions
+===================
+
+First, make sure that the required packages for Qt4 development of your
+distribution are installed, for Debian and Ubuntu these are:
+
+::
+
+    apt-get install qt4-qmake libqt4-dev
+
+then execute the following:
+
+::
+
+    qmake
+    make
+
+Alternatively, install Qt Creator and open the `bitcoin.pro` file.
+
+An executable named `bitcoin` will be built.
+