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 sudo pacman -S gcc cmake qt5-base qt5-quickcontrols2 networkmanager-qt modemmanager-qt
 ```
 
+Note that when using apt, the names of certain packages are different:
+```shell
+sudo apt install qtbase5-dev qtquickcontrols2-5-dev libkf5networkmanagerqt-dev modemmanager-qt-dev
+```
+
 ## Build and Install
 
 ```