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@@ -182,8 +182,11 @@ If your Ubuntu/Debian installation is new enough you can simply run:
 apt install bat
 ```
 
-If you install `bat` this way, please note that the executable may be installed as `batcat`.
-Adding a symlink from `/usr/bin/bat` to `/usr/bin/batcat` should help prevent any issues that may come up because of this.  
+If you install `bat` this way, please note that the executable may be installed as `batcat` instead of `bat` (due to [a name
+clash with another package](https://github.com/sharkdp/bat/issues/982)). You can set up a `bat -> batcat` symlink or alias to prevent any issues that may come up because of this and to be consistent with other distrutions:
+``` bash
+ln -s /usr/bin/batcat ~/.local/bin/bat
+```
 
 ### On Ubuntu