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@@ -7,3 +7,7 @@ submodule like::
 
   git submodule init
   git submodule update
+
+
+Wikimedia dumps are usually in a compressed format such as 7z (most common), gz, or bz2. Wikiq uses your computer's compression software to read these files. Therefore wikiq depends on
+`7za`, `gzcat`, and `zcat`.