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 ## Dependencies
 
+### Compile time
+
 You'll need the [nim](https://nim-lang.org/) compiler toolchain including `nimble`,
 the package manager for nim.
 
+### Runtime
+
+`etherpad2latex` requires `pdflatex`, typically obtained from
+the [TexLive Latex distribution](https://tug.org/texlive/).
+
 ## Installation
 
 ### From source