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 ### Setup:
-REAPRLong is publically available to download and use in the git repository \url{https://git.imp.fu-berlin.de/mdriller/mastertool}.  
+REAPRLong is publically available to download and use in the git repository https://git.imp.fu-berlin.de/mdriller/mastertool.  
 The minimap2 gitlab repository is added as a submodule within REAPRLong, to include it in the download please run:   
 git clone --recursive https://github.com/mdriller/masterTool.git  
 Then move into the minimap2 directory and build it