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 ## Prerequisites
 
--   rustc
--   cargo
+- cargo with nightly toolchain
 
-Get them at <https://www.rust-lang.org/tools/install>
+Rather than with your system package manager, I recommend installing it using [rustup](https://rustup.rs/),
+as this makes it easy to use the nightly toolchain, which is necessary to build eww.
 
 
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