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 ## Manually
 
-Basically: Clone the repository at the latest tag, run `cargo install`.
+Basically: Clone the repository at the latest tag, run `cargo install --path .`.
 
 ```bash
 # find out the latest version at https://github.com/rust-lang/rustlings/releases/latest (on edit 5.0.0)