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@@ -7,6 +7,13 @@ intent is that building a conda environment with
 `frozen_requirements.txt` and `torch_requirements.txt` will reproduce
 the results in this repo.
 
+Ideally this will be done in a fresh conda environment:
+
+```
+conda create -n islp_freeze_311 python=3.11 -y
+conda activate islp_freeze_311
+```
+
 To install the `v2_devel` version of the requirements run
 
 ```
@@ -16,4 +23,12 @@ git checkout https://github.com/intro-stat-learning/ISLP.git;
 cd ISLP;
 git checkout v2_devel;
 pip install -e .
+cd ..
 ```
+
+The labs can now be run from this directory:
+
+```
+jupyter lab Ch2-statlearning-lab.ipynb
+```
+