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@@ -205,12 +205,17 @@ sudo zypper install kakoune
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-Building on Ubuntu 16.04 and 18.04.
-Make sure you have .local/bin in your path to make the kak binary available from your shell.
+Kakoune can be found in the Ubuntu repositories.
+
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+sudo apt install kakoune
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+
+If you want to compile from source on 20.04 or earlier, you must force the build to use GCC 10, which is not the default. Also, make sure you have .local/bin in your path so that kak is available after the installation.
 
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 git clone https://github.com/mawww/kakoune.git && cd kakoune/src
-make
+CXX=g++-10 make
 PREFIX=$HOME/.local make install
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