diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index d89a16dd..751752f3 100644
--- a/README.md
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@@ -188,7 +188,8 @@ sudo add-apt-repository -u ppa:archivebox/archivebox
 echo "deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/archivebox/archivebox/ubuntu focal main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/archivebox.list
 sudo apt-key adv --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys C258F79DCC02E369
 sudo apt update
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+</code></pre><br/>
+<i>Note: You may also need to <a href="https://github.com/nodesource/distributions#debinstall">install a recent version of NodeJS + NPM from NodeSource</a> (if not already installed).</i>
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 <li>Install the ArchiveBox package using <code>apt</code>.
 <pre lang="bash"><code style="white-space: pre-line">sudo apt install archivebox