diff --git a/BUILDING.md b/BUILDING.md
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@@ -4,7 +4,9 @@ You have the option to ...
 - either add the plugin to the OBS source tree directly and build the plugin while building OBS itself. (**in tree**)
 - or you can move the sources of this plugin outside of the OBS source tree and build it separately from OBS. (**out of tree**)
 
-As both methods require you to have a working [OBS Studio development environment](https://obsproject.com/wiki/install-instructions) it is recommended to build the plugin in tree as it is easier to set up.
+As both methods require you to have a working [OBS Studio development environment](https://obsproject.com/wiki/install-instructions), [Qt](https://download.qt.io/official_releases/qt/5.15/5.15.2/) and [CMake](https://cmake.org/download/) it is recommended to build the plugin in tree as it is easier to set up and will enable straightforward debugging.
+
+Note that your Qt install must include the QtConcurrent module.
 
 ## Compiling in tree (recommended)
 Add the "SceneSwitcher" source directory to your obs-studio source directory under obs-studio/UI/frontend-plugins/:
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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 An automated scene switcher for OBS Studio
 
 More information can be found on https://obsproject.com/forum/resources/automatic-scene-switching.395/.
-See https://github.com/WarmUpTill/SceneSwitcher/blob/master/CI/release/README.txt for installing releases.
 
 ## Downloads
 
 Binaries for Windows, MacOS, and Linux are available in the [Releases](https://github.com/WarmUpTill/SceneSwitcher/releases) section.
 
+## Installing the plugin
+
+For the Windows and MacOS platforms, it is recommended to run the provided installers.
+
+For Linux the Snap package manager offers an OBS Studio installation which is bundled with the plugin:
+```
+sudo snap install obs-studi
+```
+
+If that is not an option you will have to ... 
+1. Copy the library to the plugins folder of you obs installation.
+2. Copy the contents of the data directory to its respective folders of your obs installation.
+
+Unfortunately the exact location of these folders may vary from system to system.
+
 ## Compiling the plugin
 
 See the [build instructions](BUILDING.md).