How do I sync my itunes library on one computer with my itunes library on another?

I have bought music from iTunes on my home computer. When I open iTunes on my laptop, it has my entire library there shown, but I can only sync songs that I have bought from my laptop's itunes even though it shows my entire music library there. Any idea on how to sync up one itunes with another even if they are on the same account?

You can only sync music and videos for an iTunes library other than the one you synced with normally if y use the manual method of syncing
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