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@@ -164,10 +164,13 @@ The standard CMake build procedure is to install the [required libraries](https:
 ```
 mkdir build
 cd build
-cmake ../ # set your standard cmake options, e.g. build type here
+cmake ../ # set your standard cmake options, e.g. build type here - For example, -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=RelWithDebInfo
 make # you can parallelise your build job with e.g. -j8 or consider using ninja
 DESTDIR=. make install # the install target creates all the necessary files in places we expect them
 ```
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+You can also use Ninja in place of Make, if you prefer, see Wiki for details.
+
 Detailed instructions can be found on our [wiki](https://github.com/OpenRCT2/OpenRCT2/wiki/Building-OpenRCT2-on-Linux).
 
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