Updated 'Setting up a dev environment' in README.md (#21597)

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popd
```
Finally, build and start Element itself:
Clone the repo and switch to the `element-web` directory:
```bash
git clone https://github.com/vector-im/element-web.git
cd element-web
```
Configure the app by copying `config.sample.json` to `config.json` and
modifying it. See the [configuration docs](docs/config.md) for details.
Finally, build and start Element itself:
```bash
yarn link matrix-js-sdk
yarn link matrix-react-sdk
yarn install
@ -330,9 +338,6 @@ Wait a few seconds for the initial build to finish; you should see something lik
and rebuilds source files when they change. This development server also
disables caching, so do NOT use it in production.
Configure the app by copying `config.sample.json` to `config.json` and
modifying it. See the [configuration docs](docs/config.md) for details.
Open <http://127.0.0.1:8080/> in your browser to see your newly built Element.
**Note**: The build script uses inotify by default on Linux to monitor directories