diff --git a/tutorial/compile_dependencies_linux.sh b/tutorial/compile_dependencies_linux.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index fb4cf784d..000000000
--- a/tutorial/compile_dependencies_linux.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,30 +0,0 @@
-sudo apt-get install git
-sudo apt-get install build-essential
-sudo apt-get install libeigen3-dev
-sudo apt-get install cmake
-sudo apt-get install libx11-dev
-sudo apt-get install mesa-common-dev libgl1-mesa-dev libglu1-mesa-dev
-sudo apt-get install libxrandr-dev
-sudo apt-get install libxi-dev
-sudo apt-get install freeglut3-dev
-sudo apt-get install libxmu-dev
-sudo apt-get install libblas-dev libsuitesparse-dev
-
-cd ../external/AntTweakBar/src/
-rm ../lib/*.a
-make
-
-cd ../../glfw/
-cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release .
-rm src/*.a
-make
-
-cd ../embree/
-rm -fr build
-mkdir build
-cd build
-cp ../ispc/ispc-v1.8.1-linux ispc
-cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release ../
-make
-
-cd ../../../tutorial
diff --git a/tutorial/compile_dependencies_macosx.sh b/tutorial/compile_dependencies_macosx.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 486ca00af..000000000
--- a/tutorial/compile_dependencies_macosx.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-cd ../external/AntTweakBar/src/
-rm ../lib/*.a
-make -f makefile.osx.igl
-
-cd ../../glfw/
-cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release .
-rm src/*.a
-make
-
-cd ../embree/
-rm -fr build
-mkdir build
-cd build
-cp ../ispc/ispc-v1.8.1-osx ispc
-cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release ../
-make -j 16
-
-cd ../../../tutorial
diff --git a/tutorial/tutorial.html b/tutorial/tutorial.html
index cd3c4039d..76a3c2f5e 100644
--- a/tutorial/tutorial.html
+++ b/tutorial/tutorial.html
@@ -203,6 +203,19 @@ inside each example folder.</p>
 solver</a> which has to be
 downloaded and compiled separately.</p>
 
+<p>Note for linux users: Many linux distributions do not include gcc and the basic development tools
+in their default installation. On Ubuntu, you need to install the following packages:</p>
+
+<pre><code class="bash">sudo apt-get install git
+sudo apt-get install build-essential
+sudo apt-get install cmake
+sudo apt-get install libx11-dev
+sudo apt-get install mesa-common-dev libgl1-mesa-dev libglu1-mesa-dev
+sudo apt-get install libxrandr-dev
+sudo apt-get install libxi-dev
+sudo apt-get install libxmu-dev
+</code></pre>
+
 <h2 id="meshrepresentation">Mesh representation</h2>
 
 <p>libigl uses the <a href="http://eigen.tuxfamily.org/">Eigen</a> library to encode vector
diff --git a/tutorial/tutorial.md b/tutorial/tutorial.md
index 4025d5bc1..5fc7b26c7 100644
--- a/tutorial/tutorial.md
+++ b/tutorial/tutorial.md
@@ -157,6 +157,20 @@ A few examples in Chapter 5 requires the [CoMiSo
 solver](http://www.graphics.rwth-aachen.de/software/comiso) which has to be
 downloaded and compiled separately.
 
+Note for linux users: Many linux distributions do not include gcc and the basic development tools
+in their default installation. On Ubuntu, you need to install the following packages:
+
+```bash
+sudo apt-get install git
+sudo apt-get install build-essential
+sudo apt-get install cmake
+sudo apt-get install libx11-dev
+sudo apt-get install mesa-common-dev libgl1-mesa-dev libglu1-mesa-dev
+sudo apt-get install libxrandr-dev
+sudo apt-get install libxi-dev
+sudo apt-get install libxmu-dev
+```
+
 ## Mesh representation [meshrepresentation]
 
 libigl uses the [Eigen](http://eigen.tuxfamily.org/) library to encode vector