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 Detailed installation instructions can be found in [INSTALL.md](INSTALL.md).
 
+Be advised that due to the addition of `cmp` as a submodule, you now also need to initialize the git submodules required by toxcore. This can be done by cloning the repo with the following command: `git clone --recurse-submodules https://github.com/Toktok/c-toxcore` or by running `git submodule update --init` in the root directory of the repo. 
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 In a nutshell, if you have [libsodium](https://github.com/jedisct1/libsodium)
 installed, run: