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@@ -25,13 +25,20 @@ See the [eris-db documentation](https://monax.io/docs/documentation/db/) for mor
 `eris-db` is intended to be used by the `eris chains` command via [eris-cli](https://monax.io/docs/documentation/cli/latest/eris_chains). Available commands such as `make | start | stop | logs | inspect | update` are used for chain lifecycle management.
 
 ### For Developers
+Dependency management for eris-db is managed with [glide](github.com/Masterminds/glide), and you can build eris-db from source by following
 
 1. [Install go](https://golang.org/doc/install)
 2. Ensure you have `gmp` installed (`sudo apt-get install libgmp3-dev || brew install gmp`)
-3. `go get github.com/eris-ltd/eris-db/cmd/eris-db`
+3. and execute following commands in a terminal:
+```
+go get github.com/Masterminds/glide
+go get -d github.com/eris-ltd/eris-db
+REPO=$($GOPATH/src/github.com/eris-ltd/eris-db)
+cd $REPO && glide install
+cd $REPO/cmd/eris-db && go install```
 
 
-To run `eris-db`, just type `$ eris-db serve --work-dir <path to chain directory>`
+To run `eris-db`, just type `$ eris-db serve --work-dir <path to chain directory>`, where the chain directory needs to contain the configuration files as generated by `eris chains make`.
 
 This will start the node using the provided folder as working dir. If the path is omitted it defaults to `~/.erisdb`