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@@ -13,9 +13,9 @@ Obtain it from [here](http://www.nog.net/~tony/warez) if you wish to compile it
 This is often sufficient, but if is not you may be missing one of the standard packages: [bash](ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/bash/), [coreutils](ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/coreutils/) or [sed](ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/sed/).
 
 [Download](/erkin/ponysay/downloads) or clone the project.
-In the terminal, `cd` into the ponysay directory and `make && make install`.
-
-This will install ponysay into the $PREFIX (`/usr` by default, meaning you may need to `make install` as root, e.g. `sudo make install`.)
+In the terminal, `cd` into the ponysay directory and `./configure && make && make install`.
+You make need to be super user to run `make install`, on most systems this
+can be achieved by running `sudo make install`.
 
 If either `make` or `make install` fails you be missing one of the standard packages:
 [gcc](ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gcc/), [gzip](ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gzip/), [make](ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/make/) or [coreutils](ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/coreutils/), or [git](http://git-scm.com/).