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@@ -4,18 +4,33 @@ ScattPort - Webinterface for light scattering simulators
 Setup
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-To install a local instance of this webinterface, the following software is required:
+First, get a clone of the current release:
 
-* Webserver (mod_rewrite is a plus, but not required. see application/config/config.php)
-* PHP 5
-* MySQL
+    $ git clone https://github.com/krstn/scattport.git
+    $ cd scattport
 
-Simply import mysql_scheme.sql into your database, set the connection data inside application/config/database.php.
+Now, create the database schema. There is a sample .sql file included for use with MySQL:
 
-Copy config/database.sample.php to config/database.php and adjust the values.
-Same thing goes for config/config.sample.php and .htaccess.sample (if you want mod_rewrite-support).
+    $ mysqladmin -uroot create $DATABASE
+    $ mysql -uroot $DATABASE < mysql_schema.sql
 
-Don't forget to make the upload directory writable by the web server.
+Replace $DATABASE with whatever suits your needs.
+
+There are two configurations files included that you need to modify:
+
+* `config.php` - changes required in line 17 and 29
+* `database.php` - lines 44 to 48 need to be adjusted to suit your environment
+
+Copy the samples and edit them accordingly:
+
+    $ cp application/config/config.sample.php application/config/config.php
+    $ cp application/config/database.sample.php application/config/database.php
+    $ vim application/config/config.php
+    $ vim application/config/database.php
+
+It is important to copy these files rather than moving them. If you move them, updates (`git pull`) would get nasty.
+
+The file `application/config/scattport.php` contains some settings for the different simulators you want to integrate. The file is fully documented, so you should be fine.
 
 
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