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 If you are using conan for managing dependencies, it is recommended to also define install and packaging paths in the `conanfile.py`. The build examples in that chapter assume this is the case.
 
 ```python
+import os
 from conan import ConanFile, tools
 from conan.tools.cmake import CMakeDeps, CMakeToolchain, cmake_layout