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 * ninja (compile-time only)
 
 Install these (and their `-devel` versions if your distro has separate
-development packages) and run `make` followed by `doas/sudo make install`, if you wish to install it (installs to /usr/local/bin/ by default). 
+development packages) and run `meson setup build` followed by `doas/sudo ninja -C build install`, if you wish to install it (installs to /usr/local/bin/ by default). 
 
 ## Things that are good to have