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 ## Building dwl
 
-dwl has only two dependencies: wlroots-git and wayland-protocols. Simply install these and run `sudo make install`.
+dwl has only two dependencies: wlroots-git and wayland-protocols. Simply install these and run `make`.
 
 To enable XWayland, you should also install xorg-xwayland and uncomment its flag in `config.mk`.