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@@ -53,7 +53,20 @@ make distclean</userinput></screen>
<para>Install the package:</para>
-<screen><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
+<screen><userinput>make INSTALL=install install</userinput></screen>
+
+ <variablelist>
+ <title>The meaning of the make parameter:</title>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><parameter>INSTALL=install</parameter></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>Normally, make install will not install the binaries if they
+ already exist. This option overrides that behavior by calling
+ <command>install</command> instead of using the default wrapper
+ script.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ </variablelist>
</sect2>