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Update install.md instructions regarding symlinks #7231

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Expand Up @@ -204,9 +204,11 @@ HELIX_RUNTIME=/home/user-name/src/helix/runtime
Or, create a symlink in `~/.config/helix` that links to the source code directory:

```sh
ln -s $PWD/runtime ~/.config/helix/runtime
ln -Ts $PWD/runtime ~/.config/helix/runtime
```

If the above command fails to create a symbolic link because the file exists either move `~/.config/helix/runtime` to a new location or delete it, then run the symlink command above again.

#### Windows

Either set the `HELIX_RUNTIME` environment variable to point to the runtime files using the Windows setting (search for
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