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@@ -23,10 +23,12 @@ In addition to the host, you will want to pre-install the following packages:
 * libjson-perl
 * git
 * grub-pc-bin
+* python3-pip
+* python3-venv
 * squashfs-tools
 * unzip
 
-``` % sudo apt install build-essential debootstrap git grub-pc-bin squashfs-tools unzip```
+``` % sudo apt install build-essential debootstrap git grub-pc-bin python3-pip python3-venv squashfs-tools unzip```
 
 ## Usage