diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -102,8 +102,8 @@ With anaconda you can install GPy by the following:
     
 Then potentially try,
 
-    sudo apt-get install python3-dev
     sudo apt-get update
+    sudo apt-get install python3-dev
     sudo apt-get install build-essential   
     conda update anaconda