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+1. Clone the repository. Make sure to initialize submodules (e.g. `git clone --recurse-submodules`).
+2. Acquire the library files for your target operating system and place them into `lib/oodle`.
+3. Run `cargo build --release`.
+4. Find the executables in `target/release`.
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