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@@ -8,10 +8,11 @@ A tool for efficient structure search on surfaces. For details see https://www.s
 ### 1. Cloning
 You can clone this repository by using
 ```
-git clone git@gitlab.tugraz.at:structuresearch/sample.git --recurse-submodules
+git clone git@gitlab.tugraz.at:othgroup/sample.git
+git clone git@gitlab.tugraz.at:othgroup/tools.git
 ``` 
-in the command line.
-This clones the SAMPLE code base together with the tools library (AIMSTools, VASPTools, QETools).
+in the command line. This clones the SAMPLE code base and the tools library (AIMSTools, VASPTools, QETools).
+You need to setup SSH keys in your gitlab settings to succesfully clone the repositories.
 
 ### 2. Build C libraries
 Next step is to build the CWrapper library of SAMPLE and AIMSTools. For that you need to execute the 
@@ -19,19 +20,18 @@ script in ``build.sh`` in ``sample/C`` and in ``tools/AIMSTools/C``.
 If successful you should find a ``libCUtil.so`` file in the ``Release`` folder.
 
 ### 3. Set PYTHONPATH 
-Now one need to add ``sample``, ``sample/tools``, ``sample/tools/AIMSTools``, ``sample/tools/VASPTools`` and ``sample/tools/QETools`` 
-to the PYTHONPATH so that all import statements in the ``sample`` package are working. You can add these lines to 
-your .bashrc file
+Now one need to add ``sample`` and the ``tools`` library to the PYTHONPATH so that all import statements in the 
+``sample`` package are working. You can add these lines to your .bashrc file
 ```
 export PYTHONPATH=${PYTHONPATH}:<sample-repo-directory>
-export PYTHONPATH=${PYTHONPATH}:<sample-repo-directory>/tools
-export PYTHONPATH=${PYTHONPATH}:<sample-repo-directory>/tools/AIMSTools
-export PYTHONPATH=${PYTHONPATH}:<sample-repo-directory>/tools/VASPTools
-export PYTHONPATH=${PYTHONPATH}:<sample-repo-directory>/tools/QETools
+export PYTHONPATH=${PYTHONPATH}:<tools-repo-directory>
+export PYTHONPATH=${PYTHONPATH}:<tools-repo-directory>/AIMSTools
+export PYTHONPATH=${PYTHONPATH}:<tools-repo-directory>/VASPTools
+export PYTHONPATH=${PYTHONPATH}:<tools-repo-directory>/QETools
 ```
-You need to exchange ``<sample-repo-directory>`` with the path to your sample repository
+You need to exchange ``<sample-repo-directory>`` and ``<tool-repo-directory>`` with the path to your sample repository
 
-### 5. install required python packages
+### 4. install required python packages
 sample needs several external python packages which can be easily installed via ``pip``. Just run the following install 
 command at the root folder of the sample repository.
 ```
@@ -42,20 +42,7 @@ For anaconda one can use
 conda install --file requirements.txt
 ```
 
-### 4. Configure git submodules [OPTIONAL]
-This step is optional. 
-The tools library in sample is its own git repository and does not automatically update if a `git pull`` command is 
-executed inside the sample git repository. 
-To automatically get updates for the tools library one need to configure the git repository with
-```
-git config --local submodule.recurse true
-git config --local fetch.recurseSubmodules on-demand
-```
-Now the tools git submodule is updated with every ``git pull`` command.
-If you do not want this behavior you can skip this step and update the tools library manually.
-
-
-### 6. Run unittests
+### 5. Run unittests
 To test if everything is set up correctly run the unittests inside the tests folder in the sample repo and in the 
 tools library.