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@@ -47,6 +47,17 @@ conan remote add bincrafters https://api.bintray.com/conan/bincrafters/public-co
 conan remote add conan-transit https://api.bintray.com/conan/conan/conan-transit
 ```
 
+If you experience any conan.cmake errors like `Conan install failed='1'`, cd
+into the directory of the project which causes the errors and try to install
+the packages directly with the conan cli:
+```bash
+mkdir conan_build && cd conan_build
+conan install ..
+```
+This will give you a more verbose error message like
+`ERROR: Unable to find 'scigl_render/0.6@tuebel/testing' in remotes` which means
+you probably forgot to add a repository from above.
+
 ## [visp](https://visp.inria.fr/install/)
 Needed for handy-eye-calibration install via:
 ```bash