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index f64aac1..77d43ab 100644
--- a/README.md
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@@ -6,17 +6,19 @@ This is a [Chocolate Doom][1] WebAssembly port with WebSockets [support][4].
 
 You need to install Emscripten and a few other tools first:
 
-```
+```bash
 brew install emscripten
 brew install automake
 brew install sdl2 sdl2_mixer sdl2_net
 ```
 
+Linux users will need to install `emscripten` and then add emscripten to your PATH `export PATH=$PATH:/usr/lib/emscripten`
+
 ## Compiling
 
 There are two scripts to facilitate compiling Wasm Doom:
 
-```
+```bash
 ./scripts/clean.sh
 ./scripts/build.sh
 ```
@@ -25,13 +27,19 @@ There are two scripts to facilitate compiling Wasm Doom:
 
 Copy the shareware version of [doom1.wad][3] to [./src][9] (make sure it has the name doom1.wad)
 
-Then:
+Then start a web server in `src` directory using python:
 
-```
+```bash
 cd src
 python -m SimpleHTTPServer
 ```
 
+or using PHP
+```bash
+cd src
+php -e -S "localhost:8000"
+```
+
 Then open your browser and point it to http://0.0.0.0:8000/
 
 Doom should start (local mode, no network). Check [doom-workers][8] if you want to run multiplayer locally.