diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 6f6e83f1..9dc8f43f 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -55,7 +55,15 @@ statisticians with modest computational resources.
 
 ## Installation
 
-> Note: Installation requires at least **CMake of version 3.2**. to build ExaGeoStatCPP.
+### Requirements
+To build and run this software, you will need:
+
+1. [CMake](https://cmake.org/download/) (version 3.2 or higher)
+2. [wget](https://www.gnu.org/software/wget/)
+3. **gcc** and **g++** compilers
+4. **autoconf** and **automake**
+5. [libtool](https://www.gnu.org/software/libtool/)
+6. [R](https://cran.r-project.org/bin/windows/base/) (only if you plan on using the R functionality)
 
 ### C++ source code installation
 To install the `ExaGeoStat` project locally, run the following commands in your terminal:
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 9e96f4d8..6f95f233 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ BLUE='\033[0;34m'
 NC='\033[0m'
 
 INSTALL_PREFIX=$PWD/installdir/_deps
+BASE_DIR=$PWD
 
 # Function to install CMake from source
 install_cmake() {
@@ -36,12 +37,11 @@ install_cmake() {
   cd cmake-3.28.1 || exit 1
 
   # Configure, build, and install CMake to the specified location
-  ./bootstrap --prefix="$INSTALL_PREFIX" --parallel=2 -- -DCMAKE_USE_OPENSSL=OFF
+  ./bootstrap --prefix="$INSTALL_PREFIX/CMAKE" --parallel=2 -- -DCMAKE_USE_OPENSSL=OFF
   make -j 2
-  sudo make install
-
+  make install
   # Clean up
-  cd "$temp_dir" || exit 1
+  cd "$BASE_DIR" || exit 1
   rm -rf "$temp_dir"
 }
 
@@ -226,10 +226,8 @@ elif [ -x "/Applications/CMake.app/Contents/bin/cmake" ]; then
   cmake_command_bin="${cmake_install_dir}/cmake"
 else
   echo "Installing CMake from source"
-  mkdir "${ABSOLUTE_PATH}/inst/_deps/"
-  install_dir="${ABSOLUTE_PATH}/inst/_deps/"
-  install_cmake "$install_dir"
-  cmake_command_bin="${ABSOLUTE_PATH}/inst/_deps/bin/cmake"
+  install_cmake
+  cmake_command_bin="${INSTALL_PREFIX}/CMAKE/bin/cmake"
 fi
 
 "$cmake_command_bin" "$DEVELOPER_WARNINGS" -DCMAKE_EXPORT_COMPILE_COMMANDS=ON \