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Building and installing prokit is easy. Ensure you have a **make**(1) utility
such as GNU Make installed. No C or C++ compiler or other development tools are
-necessary to build prokit.
+necessary to build prokit. To install and manage ProteanOS systems you need a
+host system running Linux 3.4 or later.
+
+The ProteanOS Development Kit uses the **chroot**(8) and **mount**(8) commands,
+which on Linux require superuser access. This guide assumes the use of
+**sudo**(8) for running commands with superuser privileges. Adjust where
+necessary if you don't use **sudo**(8).
Downloading the ProteanOS Development Kit