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 pip install -r requirements-dev.txt
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+Note: if you have IDAES installed in your current environment, it will uninstall it and install the latest version from the main branch on Github. You can run `pip uninstall idaes` and reinstall it from your local repository if you need to test examples against a local branch of IDAES.
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 The configuration of the installation is stored in `pyproject.toml`.
 
 ## Add a new example