include some basic build instructions and requirements

README.md

@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ with no central authority: managing transactions and issuing money are carried
 out collectively by the network. Myriadcoin Core is the name of open source
 software which enables the use of this currency.
 
-For more information, as well as an immediately useable, binary version of
+For more information, as well as an immediately usable, binary version of
 the Myriadcoin Core software, see http://www.myriadcoin.org/
 
 License
@@ -26,6 +26,45 @@ License
 Myriadcoin Core is released under the terms of the MIT license. See [COPYING](COPYING) for more
 information or see http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT.
 
+Building
+--------
+
+See files in the [doc](doc) directory for generic build instructions for Windows,
+OSX and Unix. Basic requirements:
+
+* GCC and binuntils
+* Git
+* Boost C++ libraries
+* Berkeley DB - Should be version 4.8, newer versions are known to work but not guaranteed
+* libssl (part of openssl)
+* [miniupnpc](http://miniupnp.free.fr/) for optional UPNP support
+
+Requirements to build the GUI:
+
+* QT4 or QT5 development libraries
+* protobuf development libraries
+* libqrencode development libraries
+
+A common question is how to build from Ubuntu, instructions follow:
+
+1. sudo add-apt-repository ppa:bitcoin/bitcoin -y
+2. sudo apt-get update
+3. sudo apt-get install build-essential curl git libminiupnpc-dev libssl-dev m4 -y
+4. sudo apt-get install libdb4.8-dev libdb4.8++-dev -y
+5. sudo apt-get install libprotoc-dev libprotobuf-dev -y
+6. sudo apt-get install libtool automake autoconf make pkg-config -y
+7. sudo apt-get install libpng-dev -y
+8. sudo apt-get install libqrencode-dev -y
+9. sudo apt-get install libqt4-dev -y
+10. sudo apt-get install libboost-all-dev -y
+11. sudo apt-get install libcurl4-openssl-dev -y
+12. git clone git://github.com/myriadteam/myriadcoin.git
+13. cd myriadcoin
+14. ./autogen.sh
+15. ./configure
+16. make
+
+
 Development process
 -------------------