diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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@@ -187,7 +187,11 @@ Module: `geoip2`
 - Unzip files into `datasets/` folder
 - Set `settings.GEOIP_PATH` to datasets folder
 
-Optional: install `libmaxminddb` C library for improved performance
+Optional:
+
+- install `libmaxminddb` C library for improved performance:
+
+  `sudo apt install libmaxminddb0 libmaxminddb-dev mmdb-bin`
 
 
 ## Development Utils