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$ cd vpp
+Install the Necessary Packages
+===============================
+
+Before building the docs there are some packages that are needed. To install
+these packages on ubuntu execute the following.
+
+.. code-block:: console
+
+ $ sudo apt-get install python3-all python3-setuptools python3-pip
+
+
Create a Virtual Environment using virtualenv
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