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README.md

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 Installation
 ------------
 
-You can also install `dEploid` directly from the git repository. Here, you need to install `autoconf` first:
+You can also install `dEploid` directly from the git repository. Here, you will need `autoconf`, check whether this is already installed by running:
+```bash
+$ which autoconf
+```
 
 On Debian/Ubuntu based systems:
 ```bash
-apt-get install build-essential autoconf autoconf-archive libcppunit-dev
+$ apt-get install build-essential autoconf autoconf-archive libcppunit-dev
 ```
 
 On Mac OS:
 ```bash
-port install automake autoconf autoconf-archive cppunit
+$ port install automake autoconf autoconf-archive cppunit
+```
+
+Afterwards you can clone the code from the github repository,
+```bash
+$ git clone [email protected]:mcveanlab/DEploid.git
+$ cd DEploid
 ```
 
-Afterwards you can build the binary using
+and build the binary using
 ```bash
-./bootstrap
-make
+$ ./bootstrap
+$ make
 ```
 
 Usage