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@@ -21,8 +21,12 @@ mkdir build
 cd build
 cmake ..
 make
+make install
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
+The last command will create the include/ and lib/ directories with a copy of
+the headers and library objects respectively in your build location.
+
 Our cmake configure has a number of options, *cmake-gui* or *ccmake* can show
 you all the options. The interesting ones are detailed below: