docs: mention dependencies required for tarball (resolves #98)

yktoo · Dec 24, 2020 · 8540015 · 8540015
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@@ -26,7 +26,11 @@ If you don't want or can't install from the PPA, you can download and install th
 
 In order to install the application from the source tarball:
 
-1. Download the tarball (`indicator-sound-switcher-*.tar.gz`)
-2. Decompress the archive: `tar xf indicator-sound-switcher-*.tar.gz`
-3. `cd` to the `indicator-sound-switcher-*` dir
-4. Run `sudo python3 setup.py install`
+1. Make sure the required dependencies are installed (you can replace `gir1.2-ayatanaappindicator3-0.1` with `gir1.2-appindicator3-0.1` if the former isn't available in your distro):
+```bash
+sudo apt install python3-gi gir1.2-gtk-3.0 gir1.2-ayatanaappindicator3-0.1 gir1.2-keybinder-3.0
+```
+2. Download the tarball (`indicator-sound-switcher-*.tar.gz`)
+3. Decompress the archive: `tar xf indicator-sound-switcher-*.tar.gz`
+4. `cd` to the `indicator-sound-switcher-*` dir
+5. Run `sudo python3 setup.py install`