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 Building
 --------
 
-On Debian and Ubuntu, `ord` requires `libssl-dev` when building from source:
+On Linux, `ord` requires `libssl-dev` when building from source.
+
+On Debian-derived Linux distributions, including Ubuntu:
 
 ```
 sudo apt-get install pkg-config libssl-dev build-essential
 ```
 
+On Red Hat-derived Linux distributions:
+
+```
+yum install -y pkgconfig openssl-devel
+yum groupinstall "Development Tools"
+```
+
 You'll also need Rust:
 
 ```