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 uutils is an attempt at writing universal (as in cross-platform) CLI
 utilities in [Rust](http://www.rust-lang.org).
 
+To install it:
+
+```
+$ cargo install coreutils
+$ ~/.cargo/bin/coreutils
+```
+
 ## Why?
 
 uutils aims to work on as many platforms as possible, to be able to use the