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 The command above will install only habitat core API. To include habitat_baselines along with all additional requirements, use the command below instead:
 ```bash
 cd habitat-api
+pip install -r requirements.txt
 python setup.py develop --all # install habitat and habitat_baselines
 ```
 2. Install `habitat-sim` from [github repo](https://github.com/facebookresearch/habitat-sim).
diff --git a/habitat_baselines/README.md b/habitat_baselines/README.md
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@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ baselines
 
 The `habitat_baselines` sub-package is NOT included upon installation by default. To install `habitat_baselines`, use the following command instead:
 ```bash
+pip install -r requirements.txt
 python setup.py develop --all
 ```
 This will also install additional requirements for each sub-module in `habitat_baselines/`, which are specified in `requirements.txt` files located in the sub-module directory.