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+Installation instructions:
+
+* Install the dependencies: Scala 2.7, Sun Java JDK 6, libmysql-java
+
+* Uninstall gcj if it's installed as it seems to interfere with the
+ Scala compiler. You can safely reinstall it after compiling Etherpad
+ if you want to.
+
+* Edit the files bin/build.sh and bin/run.sh (and optionally
+ bin/etherpad.init.d) and change the paths to match your system.
+
+* Run bin/build.sh
+
+* Create a new user on your system called "etherpad"
+
+* Create a MySQL database "etherpad" and a database user "etherpad"
+
+* Copy etherpad/etc/etherpad.localdev-default.properties to etherpad/etc/etherpad.local.properties
+
+* Edit etherpad/etc/etherpad.local.properties and set
+ etherpad.SQL_JDBC_URL
+ Example etherpad.SQL_JDBC_URL = jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/etherpad
+ etherpad.SQL_PASSWORD
+ etherpad.SQL_USERNAME = etherpad
+ etherpad.adminPass
+ topdomains
+ Example: topdomains = yourhostname.com,localhost
+
+* Create a link to bin/etherpad.init.d from /etc/init.d/etherpad
+
+* Run /etc/init.d/etherpad start