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 It is also possible to run RustyHermit within [Qemu](https://www.qemu.org).
 RustyHermit produces 64-bit binaries, but Qemu's x86 emulation cannot boot them directly.
 Therefore, the loader [rusty-loader](https://github.com/hermitcore/rusty-loader) is required to boot the application.
-To build the loader, the assembler [nasm](https://www.nasm.us) are required.
+To build the loader, the assembler [nasm](https://www.nasm.us) is required.
 After the installation, the loader can be build as follows.
 
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