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 Installing
 ==========
 
-tubes is configured within tubes.c by changing the values of the server and
-port variables at compile time. OpenSSL is a dependency of tubes; download
-the devel package from your distro.
+tubes' defaults are configured within tubes.c by changing the values of the
+server and port variables at compile time. OpenSSL is a dependency of tubes;
+download the devel package from your distro.
+
+To install, cd into the cloned directory and `sudo make install`.
 
 Custom compiler flags can be appended to the defaults, e.g. `CFLAGS=-fPIC`.