Add build-dep install commands.

diff --git a/Documentation/user/compile.itely b/Documentation/user/compile.itely
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@@ -50,6 +50,27 @@ For information on packaging, see @uref{http://lilypond.org/devel}.
 In addition to the packages needed for running LilyPond (see below), you
 need the following extra packages for building.
 
 In addition to the packages needed for running LilyPond (see below), you
 need the following extra packages for building.
 

+Below is a full list of packages needed to build LilyPond.  However, for
+most common distributions there is an easy way of installing most all
+build dependencies in one go
+
+@multitable @columnfractions .5 .5
+@headitem Distribution
+@tab Command
+
+@item Debian, Ubuntu
+@tab @code{sudo apt-get build-dep lilypond}
+
+@item Fedora, RHEL
+@tab @code{sudo yum-builddep lilypond}
+
+@item openSUSE, SLED
+@c sorry for the idiosyncratic command, I really asked and argued
+@c for "zypper build-dep" :-(
+@tab @code{sudo zypper --build-deps-only source-install lilypond}
+
+@end multitable
+

 When installing a binary package FOO, you may need to install the
 FOO-devel, libFOO-dev or FOO-dev package too.
 
 When installing a binary package FOO, you may need to install the
 FOO-devel, libFOO-dev or FOO-dev package too.