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 ## Build the Shared Library
 
 Our goal is to build the shared library:
-- On Linux/OSX the target library is ```libxgboost.so```
-- On Windows the target library is ```libxgboost.dll```
+- On Linux/OSX the target library is `libxgboost.so`
+- On Windows the target library is `libxgboost.dll`
 
 The minimal building requirement is