From fb12b715bd3ffd0dfcf2291d5cb5b2110607106e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ada Lovelace <ada@lovelace.com>
Date: Fri, 20 Mar 2015 12:39:07 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] added swig to list of dependencies to install in
 CONTRIBUTING.rst

---
 CONTRIBUTING.rst | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.rst b/CONTRIBUTING.rst
index 9cb73a654..4e206afa4 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.rst
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.rst
@@ -4,10 +4,14 @@ Hacking
 =======
 
 In order to start hacking, you will first have to create a development
-environment:
+environment. Start by installing the required system packages:
 
 ::
+    sudo apt-get install python-2.7 python-pip swig  
 
+Now you can install the development packages in your virtualenv:
+
+::
     ./venv/bin/python setup.py dev
 
 The code base, including your pull requests, **must** have 100% test statement