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 # rpibmc
 A BMC (LOM) created with a Raspberry Pi.
 
-Allows one to build a Raspberry Pi-based BMC unit for an IPMI-less server.
+Allows one to build a Raspberry Pi-based BMC unit for an IPMI-less server. The
+Raspbian system must include the package `screen` and (via `pip) the Python
+libraries `python-daemon` and `raspberry-gpio-python` (installed by default).
 
 There are three main files: