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@@ -13,21 +13,29 @@ By default, LNbits will use SQLite as its database. You can also use PostgreSQL
 ## Option 1 (recommended): poetry
 
 Mininum poetry version has is ^1.2, but it is recommended to use latest poetry. (including OSX)
+Make sure you have Python 3.9 or 3.10 installed.
+
+### install python on ubuntu
+```sh
+# for making sure python 3.9 is installed, skip if installed. To check your installed version: python3 --version
+sudo apt update
+sudo apt install software-properties-common
+sudo add-apt-repository ppa:deadsnakes/ppa
+sudo apt install python3.9 python3.9-distutils
+```
+
+### install poetry
+```sh
+curl -sSL https://install.python-poetry.org | python3 -
+# Once the above poetry install is completed, use the installation path printed to terminal and replace in the following command
+export PATH="/home/user/.local/bin:$PATH"
+```
 
 ```sh
 git clone https://github.com/lnbits/lnbits.git
 cd lnbits
 git checkout main
 
-# for making sure python 3.9 is installed, skip if installed. To check your installed version: python3 --version
-sudo apt update
-sudo apt install software-properties-common
-sudo add-apt-repository ppa:deadsnakes/ppa
-sudo apt install python3.9 python3.9-distutils
-
-curl -sSL https://install.python-poetry.org | python3 -
-# Once the above poetry install is completed, use the installation path printed to terminal and replace in the following command
-export PATH="/home/user/.local/bin:$PATH"
 # Next command, you can exchange with python3.10 or newer versions.
 # Identify your version with python3 --version and specify in the next line
 # command is only needed when your default python is not ^3.9 or ^3.10