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-# Create build directory for storm
-mkdir build
-
-# Go to build directory
-cd build
-
-# Configure the project
-cmake ..
-# If you want an interactive configuration, try "ccmake ..". Then you can press "c" to initially configure the project, change your values and then press "g" to generate the Makefile
-
-# After generating the Makefile you can build the resources we need for the project
-make resources
-
-# Now we build the main project for DFTs
-make storm-dft-main
-
-# Last you can run an example
-./src/storm-dft -dft ../examples/dft/and.dft -mttf
-
-# To get a list of all available arguments run
-./src/storm-dft --help
-
-# Example for DFT to Petri net translation
-./src/storm-dft -dft ../examples/dft/and.dft --gspn