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 In order to build on Debian/Ubuntu make sure you install the following build-dependencies
 
 ```
-$ sudo apt build-essential cmake ragel pkg-config libsqlite3-dev libpcap-dev
+$ sudo apt install build-essential cmake ragel pkg-config libsqlite3-dev libpcap-dev
 ```
 
 ### Other distributions