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+# Setting up environment for building assets
+
+These notes assume as baseline a Debian trixie system
+(i.e. Debian testing as of February 2025).
+
+## Core
+
+The setup required for accessing and sharing changes to the project.
+
+### Debian
+
+Install these official Debian packages:
+
+```
+sudo apt install git
+```
+
+### Radicle
+
+Download and install Radicle.
+
+Simplest is to get a preliminary build
+of the upcoming [Debian package]
+and install it with `sudo dpkg -i radicle_*.deb`.
+Alternatively build and install from [upstream source].
+
+[Debian package]: <https://bugs.debian.org/1073266>
+
+[upstream source]: <https://radicle.xyz/download>
+
+When Radicle is installed (regardless of method),
+initialize once your local system-wide identity:
+
+```
+rad auth
+```
+
+You might also want to familiarize yourself with radicle
+through the guide at [the upstream website][Radicle User Guide].
+
+[Radicle User Guide]: <https://radicle.xyz/guides/user>
+
+When Radicle is installed,
+clone this project via the Radicle peer-to-peer network:
+
+```
+rad clone rad:z3aazGQX558YLccJ4qW2hYD1umiUy
+```
+
+If you need write access to this project,
+share your Radicle identity with existing project members.
+You can get your identity like this:
+
+```
+rad self --did
+```
+
+Existing project members (not you, yet) can then grant you access:
+
+```
+rad id update --delegate did:key:...
+```
+
+## Manuscript
+
+The setup required for building the default make target.
+
+### Debian
+
+Install these official Debian packages:
+
+```
+sudo apt install make texlive-luatex texlive-latex-extra texlive-fonts-extra
+sudo apt install texlive-lang-european
+sudo apt install citation-style-language-styles
+```
+
+### Quarto
+
+Download and install newest stable version of Quarto
+from [their website][Quarto landing page].
+
+[Quarto landing page]: <https://quarto.org/docs/get-started/>
+
+## Miscellaneous
+
+Optional setup -
+e.g. needed for secondary make targets.
+
+### Debian
+
+Install these official Debian packages:
+
+```
+sudo apt install texlive-binaries-sse2
+sudo apt install bat
+```