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 * CUDA_INCLUDE_PATH --- Path to the CUDA headers
 * CUDA_LIB_PATH -- Path to CUDA libraries 
 
+Once the aforementioned variables in set_paths.sh have been specified, run the script.
+```shell
+source set_paths.sh
+```
+
 HPVM installer script can be used to download, configure and build HPVM along with LLVM and Clang. 
 ```shell
 bash install.sh