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This document explains which steps need to be done to begin using psana.  Once you have completed the following you can view a list of more advanced command in the section Typical development tasks.

1. Create a test release

At this step you will be using the release creation tool to create and properly initialize your test release directory. The directory should be created at a file system to which you have the write access. Releases are explained in Packages and Releases section.

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