--- a/install.sh
+++ b/install.sh
@@ -146,16 +146,6 @@
   FPM=`which fpm`
 fi
 
-if ! command -v git > /dev/null 2>&1; then
-  echo "git not found. Building Caffeine requires fpm, which uses git to download dependencies."
-  echo "Please install git, ensure it is in your PATH, and rerun ./install.sh"
-  exit 1
-fi
-
-if ! command -v curl > /dev/null 2>&1; then
-  echo "curl not found. Please install curl, ensure it is in your PATH, and rerun ./install.sh"
-  exit 1
-fi
 
 ask_permission_to_use_homebrew()
 {
@@ -396,10 +386,10 @@
     ;;
   * )
     GASNET_PREFIX=$(dirname $GASNET_LIBDIR)
-    if [ ! -r "$GASNET_PREFIX/include/gasnetex.h" ] ; then
-      echo "ERROR: Failed to detect GASNet install prefix from $GASNET_LIBS"
-      exit 1
-    fi
+#     if [ ! -r "$GASNET_PREFIX/include/gasnetex.h" ] ; then
+#      echo "ERROR: Failed to detect GASNet install prefix from $GASNET_LIBS"
+#      exit 1
+#    fi
     ;; 
 esac
 
@@ -420,6 +410,7 @@
 if [[ $GASNET_CONDUIT == "udp" ]] ; then
   GASNET_LIB_NAMES+=" stdc++" # udp-conduit requires C++ libraries
 fi
+GASNET_LIB_NAMES+=" assert"
 FPM_TOML_LINK_ENTRY="link = [\"$(echo ${GASNET_LIB_NAMES} | sed 's/ /", "/g')\"]"
 echo "${FPM_TOML_LINK_ENTRY}" >> build/fpm.toml
 ln -f -s build/fpm.toml
