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@@ -43,6 +43,10 @@ All done! Add the overlay by issuing
 
 ## Install spectrum2
 
+If you want to use the swift live ebuild, you have to install it from the 'swift-2.x' branch before emerging spectrum2: ```# swift_LIVE_BRANCH="swift-2.x" emerge =net-im/swift-9999 --autounmask-write -a```
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+Emerge spectrum2:
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 	# emerge spectrum:2 --autounmask-write -a
 
 	# dispatch-conf
@@ -52,3 +56,4 @@ All done! Add the overlay by issuing
 	# emerge spectrum:2 -a	
 
 This will tell portage to unmask the needed packages, all dependencies should be pulled in automatically, you can change the needed features by the USE-Flags provided.
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