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 First create a Python 3 virtual environment using the venv module included with Python 3.
 
 
-1. Create a virtual Python environment: ```python3 -m venv venv```
-2. Activate virtual Python environment: ```source venv/bin/activate```
-3. install needed packages from ```requirements.txt```: ```pip install -r requirements.txt```
+1. Create a virtual Python environment in the directory `venv` using the Python module `venv`: ```python3 -m venv venv```
+2. Activate the virtual Python environment: ```source venv/bin/activate```
+3. Install needed packages from ```requirements.txt```: ```pip install -r requirements.txt```
 
 For generating the images from plantuml-sources it needs also [Plantuml](https://plantuml.com/).
 For pdf output the latex builder is used, so it needs also an installed latex and pdflatex.