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 5. Setting up a cluster requires the `htpasswd` tool in order to hash a randomly generated password for accessing the API server.  This is already installed on recent version of Mac OS X but on linux you need to install it yourself.  On Debian/Ubuntu you can do this with:
 
-        sudo apt-get udpate
+        sudo apt-get update
         sudo apt-get install apache2-utils
 
 ### Setup