Working with the edi Source Code
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Instead of installing edi from the ppa you can also work directly with the source code.

#. Clone the source code:

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     git clone https://github.com/lueschem/edi.git

#. Change into the edi subfolder:

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     cd edi

#. Install various packages that are required for the development of this project:

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     sudo apt install -y git-buildpackage dh-make equivs && sudo mk-build-deps -i debian/control

#. Build the edi Debian package (just to verify that everything works):

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     debuild -us -uc

#. Make the development setup convenient by adding some environment variables
   (they are only valid for the current shell):

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     source local_setup

#. Verify that the source code version of edi is being used:

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     which edi
     edi version