From 00ee8813f73d4cce92e4f838f0225574bc96799d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mark <mark.edward.x@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2019 14:46:57 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] Add initial build step to getting started (#2455)

---
 book/src/getting-started.md | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/book/src/getting-started.md b/book/src/getting-started.md
index 857aafe871..e5311ce760 100644
--- a/book/src/getting-started.md
+++ b/book/src/getting-started.md
@@ -41,6 +41,12 @@ $ git checkout $TAG
 
 ### Configuration Setup
 
+Ensure important programs such as the vote program are built before any
+nodes are started
+```bash
+$ cargo build --all
+```
+
 The network is initialized with a genesis ledger and fullnode configuration files.
 These files can be generated by running the following script.