Mention libcurses and libreadline in the manual.

diff --git a/doc/tinc.texi b/doc/tinc.texi
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@@ -340,6 +340,8 @@ having them installed, configure will give you an error message, and stop.
 * zlib::
 * lzo::
 * libevent::
 * zlib::
 * lzo::
 * libevent::

+* libcurses::
+* libreadline::

 @end menu
 
 
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@@ -473,6 +475,51 @@ make sure you build development and runtime libraries (which is the
 default).
 
 
 default).
 
 

+@c ==================================================================
+@node       libcurses
+@subsection libcurses
+
+@cindex libcurses
+For the "tincctl top" command, tinc requires a curses library.
+
+If this library is not installed, you wil get an error when running the
+configure script.  You can either install a suitable curses library, or disable
+all functionality that depends on a curses library by using the
+"--disable-curses" option when running the configure script.
+
+There are several curses libraries. It is recommended that you install
+"ncurses" (@url{http://invisible-island.net/ncurses/}),
+however other curses libraries should also work.
+In particular, "PDCurses" (@url{http://pdcurses.sourceforge.net/})
+is recommended if you want to compile tinc for Windows.
+
+You can use your operating system's package manager to install this if
+available. Make sure you install the development AND runtime versions
+of this package.
+
+
+@c ==================================================================
+@node       libreadline
+@subsection libreadline
+
+@cindex libevent
+For the "tincctl" command's shell functionality, tinc uses the readline library.
+
+If this library is not installed, you wil get an error when running the
+configure script.  You can either install a suitable readline library, or
+disable all functionality that depends on a readline library by using the
+"--disable-readline" option when running the configure script.
+
+You can use your operating system's package manager to install this if
+available.  Make sure you install the development AND runtime versions
+of this package.
+
+If you have to install libreadline manually, you can get the source code from
+@url{http://www.gnu.org/software/readline/}. Instructions on how to configure,
+build and install this package are included within the package.  Please make
+sure you build development and runtime libraries (which is the default).
+
+

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