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 .. _prerequisites:
 
-Notes on OS depedencies
-=======================
+Notes on OS dependencies
+========================
 
 OS level dependencies are managed by scripts in ``bootstrap``.  Some notes
 are provided here mainly for the :ref:`developers <hacking>` reference.