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@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ Resources for Science Olympiad Astronomy. Note that due to the [license](LICENSE
 
 ### Install dependencies
 
-You can install all the required dependencies on Arch Linux with `cat packages.txt | xargs sudo pacman -S --asdeps --noconfirm`. For other Linux distros, install your distro's version of the packages in `packages.txt`.
+You can install all the required dependencies on Arch Linux with `sudo pacman -S --asdeps $(cat packages.txt)`. For other Linux distros, install your distro's version of the packages in `packages.txt`.
 
 ### Kiwix