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@@ -153,12 +153,13 @@ kubectl create clusterrolebinding cluster-admin-binding \
 
 1. To install into a different namespace you will need to modify resources in
    the `./config` folder
-   - remove all `namespace: tekton` references from all yaml files
-   - delete the `namespace.yaml`
+   - modify the `metadata.name`
      [here](https://github.com/tektoncd/pipeline/blob/c1500fab83b09edadefb38bb8920a0c837d8f32b/config/100-namespace.yaml)
+     value to the desired namespace
    - modify the `subjects.namespace`
      [here](https://github.com/tektoncd/pipeline/blob/c1500fab83b09edadefb38bb8920a0c837d8f32b/config/201-clusterrolebinding.yaml#L21)
      value to the desired namespace
+   - look up all the lines with the namespace `namespace: tekton-pipelines`, and set the value to the desired namespace 
    - add `downwardapi` entry to webhook and controller `deployment` resources.
      E.g. add the environment variable section from the code snippet below to
      [controller](https://github.com/tektoncd/pipeline/blob/c1500fab83b09edadefb38bb8920a0c837d8f32b/config/controller.yaml#L29)