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 * `pip install dbt-athena-community`
 * Or `pip install git+https://github.com/dbt-athena/dbt-athena.git`
 
+_*Note:* in order to avoid potential conflicts, make sure `dbt-athena-adapter` is not installed in the target environment._
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 ### Prerequisites
 
 To start, you will need an S3 bucket, for instance `my-bucket` and an Athena database: