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 Building 
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+If necessary, [update](http://guides.cocoapods.org/using/getting-started.html#updating-cocoapods) to the latest version of CocoaPods.
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 Clone the repository, then run `pod install`, opening the generated Xcode workspace. 
 
 Testing