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<para>Install the package:</para>
-<screen><userinput remap="install">make install</userinput></screen>
+<screen><userinput remap="install">make LN='ln -f' install</userinput></screen>
+
+ <variablelist>
+ <title>The meaning of the make environment variable:</title>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><envar>LN='ln -f'</envar></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>This variable ensures that the previous hard link installed
+ in <xref linkend='ch-tools-gawk'/> is updated here.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ </variablelist>
<para>If desired, install the documentation:</para>