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@@ -12,10 +12,12 @@ Hive is a "consensus interpretation" layer for the Steem blockchain, maintaining
 Dependencies:
 
  - OSX: `$ brew install python3 postgresql`
- - Ubuntu: `$ sudo apt-get install python3 python3-pip`
+ - Ubuntu: `$ sudo apt-get install python3 python3-pip postgresql`
 
 Installation:
 
+Please note that you would need to create a user, set password, and assign a role in postgres before continue.
+
 ```bash
 $ createdb hive
 $ export DATABASE_URL=postgresql://user:pass@localhost:5432/hive