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Installation
------------
-Edit config.mk to match your local setup (slstatus is installed into the
-/usr/local namespace by default). Uncomment OSSLIBS on OpenBSD.
+Run ./configure first to detect your operating system.
+Optionally edit config.mk to match your local setup (slstatus is installed into
+the /usr/local namespace by default). Uncomment OSSLIBS on OpenBSD.
Afterwards enter the following command to build and install slstatus (if
necessary as root):