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@@ -27,7 +27,12 @@ sudo apt-get install build-essential python3-dev
 ```
 
 If this does not help, try to remove all qiskit-packages but `qiskit` and `qiskit-aer`. 
-These two are sufficient for the basic usage of qiskit.
+These two are sufficient for the basic usage of qiskit. See the file `requirements_minimal.txt` 
+for an example. This could be installed via  
+
+```
+pip install -r requirements_minimal.txt 
+```
 
 ## Use Jupyter Lab 
 
diff --git a/requirements_minimal.txt b/requirements_minimal.txt
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@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+qiskit>=1.1.0
+qiskit-aer>=0.14.2
+jupyterlab>=4.2.2