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@@ -97,6 +97,19 @@ Once you have installed the necessary packages, move on to @ref
 compile_generate.
 
 
+@subsubsection compile_deps_wayland Dependencies for Linux and Wayland
+
+To compile GLFW for Wayland, you need to have the Wayland packages installed,
+as well as the basic development tools like GCC and make.  For example, on
+Ubuntu and other distributions based on Debian GNU/Linux, you need to install
+the `libwayland-dev` package, which contains all Wayland headers and pulls in
+wayland-scanner, as well as the `wayland-protocols` and `extra-cmake-modules`
+packages.
+
+Once you have installed the necessary packages, move on to @ref
+compile_generate.
+
+
 @subsection compile_deps_osmesa Dependencies for Linux and OSMesa
 
 To compile GLFW for OSMesa, you need to install the OSMesa library and header