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Expand Up @@ -37,8 +37,8 @@ Developers can clone the source code repo with ``git``.

.. _build_client_section:

Client
------
Client Application
------------------

.. _installing_build_dependencies:

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.. _host_building:

Host
----
Host Application
----------------

.. note::

`Host` in this context refers to the `Looking Glass (LG) host server application`,
to which the LG client connects to, it thus does not refer to the `host OS`!

A common setup is to have a `host OS` running a `guest VM`. In such a setup
the `client application` runs on the `host OS`; and the `host application`
on the `guest VM`.

The term `Host application` was choosen over `Guest application`, because LG
can be run in a VM to VM configuration, in which case both Host Application and
Client Application are run inside VM Guests.

These instructions help you build the host yourself from the
:ref:`downloaded source code <download_source>`.
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