Better wording as suggested by Rich.

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@@ -17,7 +17,9 @@ Also read the man page to learn how to use MPlayer.
 
 
 Requirements:
-- You have to install libc6 (glibc) development packages or kernel headers.
+- You need a working development environment that can compile programs.
+  On popular Linux distributions, this means having the glibc development
+  package(s) installed.
 - To compile MPlayer with X11 support, you need to have the XFree86 development
   packages installed.
 - For the GUI you need the libpng and GTK 1.2 development packages.