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@@ -48,11 +48,36 @@ the Go toolchain.
 
 ### Prerequisites
 
-**Go 1.24 or newer** — check with `go version`.
+There are **two** prerequisites — the Go toolchain, and a C toolchain for cgo.
+Both are needed on every platform, macOS included.
 
-Then the C toolchain and system headers Fyne needs:
+**1. Go 1.24 or newer.** Verify with `go version`; if that says
+`command not found`, install it:
 
 ```sh
+# macOS
+brew install go
+
+# Debian / Ubuntu
+sudo apt install golang-go
+
+# Fedora
+sudo dnf install golang
+
+# Arch
+sudo pacman -S go
+```
+
+Or download it from [go.dev/dl](https://go.dev/dl/). If your distro's package
+is older than 1.24, use the tarball from there instead.
+
+**2. A C toolchain and the platform's graphics headers**, because Fyne renders
+through OpenGL:
+
+```sh
+# macOS — the Xcode command line tools
+xcode-select --install
+
 # Debian / Ubuntu
 sudo apt install gcc libgl1-mesa-dev xorg-dev
 
@@ -62,14 +87,16 @@ sudo dnf install gcc libX11-devel libXcursor-devel libXrandr-devel \
 
 # Arch
 sudo pacman -S gcc libx11 libxcursor libxrandr libxinerama mesa libxi
-
-# macOS — the Xcode command line tools
-xcode-select --install
 ```
 
 On Windows, use a MinGW-w64 toolchain (for example via
 [MSYS2](https://www.msys2.org/)) so cgo has a C compiler.
 
+On macOS the command line tools cover the C side entirely — there is no
+Homebrew formula to add for graphics. That makes it easy to run
+`xcode-select --install`, see "already installed", and assume you're ready when
+Go itself is still missing. Both steps are required.
+
 ### Build it
 
 ```sh