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 | Graphviz       | any           | NO       | `graphviz`         | `graphviz`     | YES      | documentation  |
 
 [^] On Debian/Ubuntu `libgtest-dev` only includes sources and headers. You must
-build the library binary manually.
+build the library binary manually. This can be done with the following command ```sudo apt-get install libgtest-dev && cd /usr/src/gtest && sudo cmake . && sudo make && sudo mv libg* /usr/lib/ ```
 
 ### Build instructions