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 # breez-sdk-liquid
 
+## Prerequisites
+
+Your system must have the sqlite3 development files installed:
+
+```bash
+# On Debian
+sudo apt install libsqlite3-dev
+```
+
 ## Tests
 In order to run tests, you can execute `cargo test -- --nocapture --test-threads 1`. This is due to the fact that currently tests require some degree of interaction (e.g. adding the funding invoice) in order to work, and thus should be run with a single thread (sequentially).