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 Lua library that generate UUIDs leveraging [libuuid](http://linux.die.net/man/3/libuuid).
 
+## Requirements
+
+The `uuid/uuid.h` header must be available in the system `INCLUDE_PATH`, otherwise you will hit an error like:
+
+> ld: library not found for -luuid  
+> …  
+> Failed compiling module lua_uuid.so
+
+* Mac OS X
+  * `brew install ossp-uuid`
+* Debian Linux; Ubuntu
+  * `apt-get install uuid-dev`
+
+
 ## Usage
 
 To generate a new UUID string: