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 # MNIST
 
-This example shows how to run some simple models on MNIST. The only
-dependency is MLX. 
+This example shows how to run some simple models on MNIST. 
+
+Install the dependencies:
+
+```
+pip install -r requirements.txt
+```
 
 Run the example with:
 
diff --git a/mnist/requirements.txt b/mnist/requirements.txt
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+mlx
+numpy
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