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 # soapxx
 
 ### Installation
-$ git clone https://github.com/capoe/soapxx.git
-
-$ cd soapxx
-
-$ ./build.sh
-
-$ source soap/SOAPRC
+```bash
+git clone https://github.com/capoe/soapxx.git
+cd soapxx
+./build.sh
+source soap/SOAPRC
+```
 
 ### Dependencies
 - boost (python mpi filesystem serialization)