add instructions about make PREFIX=...

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diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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@@ -14,7 +14,8 @@ epoch at the time of their creation.
 ## building
 
 run `make` (and maybe `make install` --- by default this puts the
-executable in `~/.local/bin/cbink`), or just do `cc main.c -o cbink
+executable in `~/.local/bin/cbink`, but you can override it with e.g.
+`make install PREFIX="${HOME}"`), or just do `cc main.c -o cbink
 -lncursesw`.
 
 ## keyboard shortcuts