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+Using the libraries for python and java
+
+set environment variable MACAON_DIR
+    export MACAON_DIR=/home/jeuh6401/SemanticData/macaon/maca_data2
+
+
+    cd macaon2/maca_export/example
+
+Adapt the lines like mt = MacaonTagger.MacaonTransTagger("fr", "fr/eval/wplgfs.mcd")
+    ./example.py
+
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