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 Users can easily intsall ``Qlib`` according to the following steps:
 
-* Before installing ``Qlib`` from source, you need to install some dependencies:
+* Before installing ``Qlib`` from source, users need to install some dependencies:
 
   ```bash
   pip install numpy