diff --git a/handbook/troggle/troglaptop.html b/handbook/troggle/troglaptop.html
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--- a/handbook/troggle/troglaptop.html
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@@ -90,12 +90,14 @@ default installation is python3.9 whereas Ubuntu 22.04 gives you python3.10.
 <p>If you are planning on eventually helping the migration of troggle from debian Bullseye (v11) to 
 <a href="https://www.debian.org/releases/">Bookworm (v12)</a> to then you will also want the appropriate later versions of python e.g. 3.10 on Ubuntu 20.04 like this:
 
-<pre><code>sudo apt install python3 python3-pip
-sudo apt install sqlite3 sqlite3-doc
-sudo apt install survex
-sudo apt install software-properties-common
+<pre><code>sudo apt install python3 python3-pip -y
+sudo apt install sqlite3 sqlite3-doc -y
+sudo apt install survex -y
+sudo apt install software-properties-common -y
+sudo apt install git -y
 sudo add-apt-repository ppa:deadsnakes/ppa
-sudo apt install python3.10 python3.10-venv python3.10-doc binutils binfmt-support
+sudo apt install python3.10 python3.10-venv python3.10-doc -y
+sudo apt install binutils binfmt-support -y
 cd /usr/bin
 sudo ln -s python3 python
 sudo ln -s pip3 pip </code></pre>