Merge branch 'master' into rclee-async-setupupstream/rclee-async-setup

1 files changed, 16 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/platform/linux/README.md b/platform/linux/README.md
index 8b8ac9d089..a8a4d459ee 100644
--- a/platform/linux/README.md
+++ b/platform/linux/README.md
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ We are using Ubuntu for development. While the software should work on other dis
 
 This process gives you a Linux desktop app built on a Linux host system.
 
-### Build
+### Prerequisites
 
 Install GCC 4.9+ if you are running Ubuntu 14.04 or older. Alternatively, you can also use [Clang 3.5+](http://llvm.org/apt/).
 
@@ -15,9 +15,6 @@ Install GCC 4.9+ if you are running Ubuntu 14.04 or older. Alternatively, you ca
     sudo apt-get install gcc-4.9 g++-4.9
     export CXX=g++-4.9
 
-**Note**: We partially support C++14 because GCC 4.9 does not fully implement the
-final draft of the C++14 standard. More information in [DEVELOPING.md](DEVELOPING.md).
-
 Ensure you have git and other build essentials:
 
     sudo apt-get install curl git build-essential zlib1g-dev automake \
@@ -38,6 +35,21 @@ Install glfw3 dependencies:
                          x11proto-xf86vidmode-dev libxxf86vm-dev \
                          libxcursor-dev libxinerama-dev
 
+[Node.js](https://nodejs.org/) 4.2.1 or later is also required.
+
+[ccache](https://ccache.samba.org) is optional, but improves recompilation performance.
+
+## Build
+
+Clone the git repository:
+
+     git clone https://github.com/mapbox/mapbox-gl-native.git
+     cd mapbox-gl-native
+
+Note that this repository uses Git submodules. They'll be automatically checked out when you first run a `make` command,
+but are not updated automatically. We recommended that you run `git submodule update` after pulling down new commits to
+this repository.
+
 Set the environment variable `MAPBOX_ACCESS_TOKEN` to your [Mapbox access token](ACCESS_TOKEN.md):
 
     export MAPBOX_ACCESS_TOKEN=MYTOKEN