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 If you like to have the latest version (which is not an official release version), you can clone
-the astrotools in a local folder and install it via pip from there:
+the astrotools repository in a local folder and install it via pip from there:
 ```bash
 git clone https://git.rwth-aachen.de/astro/astrotools.git
 cd astrotools