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#. Now that your git environment is setup, it's time to setup your local environment by running.
.. code:: bash
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+ # make sure to change <directory_name> with the directory you created in step 2
+ # in this case it is caravel_tutorial
+ export OPENLANE_ROOT=~/<directory_name>/openlane # you need to export this whenever you start a new shell
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+ export PDK_ROOT=~/<directory_name>/pdks # you need to export this whenever you start a new shell
make setup
