improve install instructions on README.md #152
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If a Debian/Ubuntu user have not installed ruby1.9-dev before, when they use
gem install gist
, they will get this error:This is because
mkmf.rb
is missing on their system.Thus they need to install
mkmf.rb
, which is included in theruby1.9-dev
package.After that,
gem install gist
works.