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 The recommended way to install and maintain Paper.js as a dependency in your
 project is through NPM or Bower for browsers, and through NPM for Node.js.
 
-If NPM or Bower is already installed installed, simply type one of these
+If NPM or Bower is already installed, simply type one of these
 commands in your project folder:
 
     npm install paper