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@@ -36,18 +36,17 @@ built from source. ## Installation -Instructions are provided for macOS and many Linux variants to compile Alacritty -from source. With the exception of Arch (which has a package in the AUR), Void Linux (in main repository) and -[NixOS](https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/blob/master/pkgs/applications/misc/alacritty/default.nix), please first read the -[prerequisites](#prerequisites) section, then find the section for your OS, and -finally go to [building](#building) and [configuration](#configuration). +Some operating systems already provide binaries for Alacritty, for everyone else there are +instructions to compile Alacritty from source. + +For the manual installation, please first read the [prerequisites](#prerequisites) section, +then find the instructions for your OS, and finally go through the [building](#building) +and [configuration](#configuration) steps. ### Arch Linux ```sh -git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/alacritty-git.git -cd alacritty-git -makepkg -isr +pacman -S alacritty ``` ### Debian/Ubuntu |