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 ```
 - Launch configure:
 ```
-$ ./configure --enable-ftdi --prefix=build --exec-prefix=build
+$ ./configure --enable-ftdi --prefix=<absolute path>/build --exec-prefix=<absolute path>/build
 ```
 - Compile and install files:
 ```
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ $ export PATH=$PATH:<path to riscv-openocd>/build/bin
 It is necessary to add a udev rule to use the cable.
 OpenOCD provides a file containing the rule we need. Copy it into /etc/udev/rules.d/
 ```
-$ sudo cp <openocd>/contrib/60-openocd.rules /etc/udev/rules.d
+$ sudo cp <path to riscv-openocd>/contrib/60-openocd.rules /etc/udev/rules.d
 ```
 The file is also available here: https://github.com/riscv/riscv-openocd/blob/riscv/contrib/60-openocd.rules
 The particular entry about the HS2 cable is :