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 You can modify the resulting `CMakeCache.txt` to set a different 
 installation path, or you can call cmake with the additional
 option `-DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/path/to/install/dir`.
-Corresponding environment variable should be included `DEAL_II_SAK=/path/to/install/dir`.  
 	
 3. Extensive documentation:
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