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Clone the repo and switch to the `element-web/apps/web` directory:
Clone the repo and switch to that directory:

```bash
git clone https://github.com/element-hq/element-web.git
cd element-web/apps/web
cd element-web
```

Configure the app by copying `config.sample.json` to `config.json` and
modifying it. See the [configuration docs](docs/config.md) for details.

Set up your local development link by creating a `.link-config` file with contents like:

```
matrix-js-sdk=/path/to/matrix-js-sdk
```

Switch to the `apps/web` directory: `cd apps/web`

Configure the app by copying `config.sample.json` to `config.json` and
modifying it. See the [configuration docs](docs/config.md) for details.

Finally, build and start Element itself:

```bash
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