diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 38a1e79bb..00a9703ca 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -35,13 +35,13 @@ default: release
 APT_REQUIREMENTS= autoconf bison build-essential ca-certificates  ccache  cmake  cron curl dnsutils gawk \
 	git lcov libcurl4-openssl-dev libev-dev libgmp-dev libpcre3-dev libssl-dev libtool \
 	libxml2-utils ninja-build nload ocaml ocl-icd-opencl-dev opam  openssh-client patchelf pkg-config \
-	rsync rsyslog tar unzip vim wget zip zlib1g-dev ocaml-dune
+	rsync rsyslog tar unzip vim wget zip zlib1g-dev ocaml-dune 
 
 install-from-apt:
-	apt-get update -y
-	apt-get install -y software-properties-common
-	apt-get update
-	apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends $(APT_REQUIREMENTS)
+	sudo apt-get update -y
+	sudo apt-get install -y software-properties-common
+	sudo apt-get update
+	sudo apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends $(APT_REQUIREMENTS)
 
 
 # Build one library and one standalone executable that implements
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index d30672002..07201108e 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@ You'll need to install `vcpkg` and set `VCPKG_ROOT` to the root of your `vcpkg`
 ```sh
 export VCPKG_ROOT=/my/directory/vcpkg
 export SCILLA_REPO_ROOT=/where/you/checked/out/scilla
-apt install libgmp-dev patchelf
 ```
 
 Now install the opam dependencies:
@@ -48,7 +47,7 @@ eval $(opam env)
 
 Now install packages and try to build the first time:
 
-```shl
+```sh
 make
 ```
 
@@ -69,10 +68,12 @@ sed -i '1s;^;#include <cstdint>\n;' vcpkg_installed/x64-linux-dynamic/include/Sn
 And you may well need to:
 
 ```
+make
 touch scilla/_build/default/vcpkg-ocaml/vcpkg-secp256k1/src/c_flags.exp
+make opamdep
 ```
 
-And retry to persuade `secp256k1` to rebuild.
+A few times to persuade `secp256k1` to build.
 
 Now build again: