diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
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+[submodule "latex-packages-build"]
+	path = latex-packages-build
+	url = ../../latex/latex-packages-build
diff --git a/.latexmkrc b/.latexmkrc
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+ensure_path('TEXINPUTS', './LatexPackagesBuild//');  # set texinputs to find custom packages
+$pdf_mode = 1;                                       # generate a pdf file by default
+$out_dir = 'build';
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
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+pdf: init
+	latexmk -halt-on-error < /dev/null
+
+clean:
+	latexmk -c
+
+clean-all:
+	latexmk -C
+	rm -rf build/
+
+## Stuff to set up repository after cloning
+
+init: .init-submodule-cert
+
+.init-submodule-cert:
+	@echo "[Make] Initialising git submodule for packages"
+	git submodule update --init --rebase
+	@touch .init-submodule-cert
+
+
+.PHONY: pdf, clean, clean-all
diff --git a/export_texinputs.sh b/export_texinputs.sh
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+export TEXINPUTS=LatexPackagesBuild//:
diff --git a/latex-packages-build b/latex-packages-build
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+Subproject commit 983a40d500bf4401e7c18ceaa960170dad133ca0