From 0e3061b467cb1f46f78cdf9aa76885c2df790a19 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Aaron Feickert <66188213+AaronFeickert@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 3 May 2021 04:20:24 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Update build documentation for dependencies and test flag
 (#1022)

---
 README.md | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index f7ec3ba6de..ebf5a2f18b 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -101,6 +101,8 @@ Dependencies
         sudo apt-get install libminiupnpc-dev libzmq3-dev
         sudo apt-get install libqt5gui5 libqt5core5a libqt5dbus5 qttools5-dev qttools5-dev-tools libprotobuf-dev protobuf-compiler libqrencode-dev
 
+Alternatively, you can use a [depends/README.md](depends build) to handle dependencies.
+
 Build
 ----------------------
 1.  Clone the source:
@@ -117,8 +119,11 @@ Build
         ./configure
         make
 
+    Note that the use of a [depends/README.md](depends build) necessitates passing the `--prefix` option to `./configure`.
+
 3.  It is recommended to build and run the unit tests:
 
+        ./configure --enable-tests
         make check