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 These instructions are under development and are not complete
 
 **Installation**
-Clone the code into your favourite directory 
+1. Clone the code into your favourite directory 
 git clone git@gitlab.geant.org:edugain/edugain-technical-site.git your_directory
 
-Go to the lib directory and
+2. Adapt your Apache config file using the contents of the template lib/technical-httpd.conf
+
+3. Use composer to install dependencies (you may need to install composer first) - to do that go to the root of your instalation and run:
+composer update
+
+
+N. Go to the lib directory and
 cp config-template.php config.php
+and edit it according to your local settings. In the beginning you need to 
+