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@@ -46,8 +46,8 @@ with SQLite support will lead to a crash during the CbmRoot compilation
 which results in a complete reinstallation of FairSoft and FairRoot after
 the package was installed.
 There have also been reports about problems with other missing packages.
-Mainly these were the Threading Building Blocks (tbb) and the GNU Scientific
-Library.
+Mainly these were the Threading Building Blocks (tbb), the GNU Scientific
+Library and ZSTD, which is used for compressing experimental data since May 2024.
 Since these packages may be missing in the instructions from the FairRoot
 webpage please install them using the following commands depending on your
 OS.
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ Debian/Ubuntu:
     sudo apt install sqlite3 libsqlite3-dev
     sudo apt install libgsl-dev
     sudo apt install libtbb-dev
+    sudo apt install libzstd-dev
 
 OpenSuse: