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 # Installation
 - Just download the precompiled executable for your system from the artefacts of the automated compilation run from the Repositories "Actions" Tab, for example [here](https://github.com/ThFriedrich/riCOM_cpp/actions/runs/1365246924)!
 - Alternatively build from source as outlined below. Make sure you clone the repository including submodules: ```git clone --recurse-submodules -j2 git@github.com:ThFriedrich/riCOM_cpp.git```