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+# Installing Software Prerequisites
+
+These instructions have been adapted from the Aardwolf documentation, and may not be accurate.
+As such, this notification should be updated once verified for Plume installs.
+
+> NOTE: These instructions may help in installing a production version, but are
+intended for developers to be able to build and test their changes. If in doubt,
+seek out documentation from your distribution package or from [the `doc` folder](doc).
+
+## Installing Requirements
+
+### Installing PostgreSQL
+In order to run the Aardwolf backend, you will need to have access to a
+[PostgreSQL](https://www.postgresql.org/) database. There are a few options for doing this, but for
+this guide we’re going to assume you are running the database on your
+development machine.
+
+#### Linux/OSX Instructions
+
+If you're on an Ubuntu-like machine, you should be able to install
+PostgreSQL like this:
+
+    $ sudo apt-get update
+    $ sudo apt-get install postgresql postgresql-contrib
+
+If you see an error like:
+
+     = note: /usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lpq
+          collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit statusb
+
+Then you may need to install the libpq (PostgreSQL C-library) package as well :
+
+    $ sudo apt-get install libpq-dev
+
+If you're on OSX and using `brew`, do
+
+    $ brew update
+    $ brew install postgres
+
+For Gentoo (eselect-postgresql is optional),
+
+    # emerge --sync
+    # emerge -av postgresql eselect-postgresql
+
+For Fedora/CentOS/RHEL, do
+
+    # dnf install postgresql-server postgresql-contrib
+
+#### Windows Instructions
+
+For Windows, just download the installer [here](https://www.enterprisedb.com/downloads/postgres-postgresql-downloads#windows) and run it. After installing, make sure to add the <POSTGRES INSTALL PATH>/lib directory to your PATH system variable.
+
+### Installing rustup
+
+> Note: Rustup managed installations do appear to co-exist with system
+ installations on Gentoo, and should work on most other distributions.
+ If not, please file an issue with the Rust and Rustup teams or your distribution’s
+ managers.
+
+Next, you’ll need to have the [Rust](https://rust-lang.org/) toolchain
+installed. The best way to do this is to install
+[rustup](https://rustup.rs), which is a Rust toolchain manager.
+
+#### Linux/OSX Instructions
+
+Open your terminal and run the following command:
+
+    $ curl https://sh.rustup.rs -sSf | sh
+
+For those who are (understandably) uncomfortable with piping a shell
+script from the internet directly into `sh`, you can also
+[use an alternate installation method](https://github.com/rust-lang-nursery/rustup.rs/#other-installation-methods).
+
+#### Windows Instructions
+
+If you don't already have them, download and install the [Visual C++ 2015 Build Tools](http://landinghub.visualstudio.com/visual-cpp-build-tools).
+
+Then, download the [rustup installer](https://www.rust-lang.org/en-US/install.html) and run it. That's it!
+
+### Installing Rust Toolchain
+
+Once you have `rustup` installed, make sure you have the `nightly` rust
+toolchain installed:
+
+    $ rustup toolchain install nightly