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 LexTermServer
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+Development
+-----------
+
+### Prerequisites ###
+* Python (2.7)
+* pip (`easy_install pip`)
+* virtualenv (`pip install virtualenv`)
+
+### Setup ###
+    mkdir lexTerm && cd lexTerm
+    virtualenv server --no-site-packages
+    cd server
+    source bin/activate
+    pip install django
+    git clone git@github.com:LexTerm/LexTermServer.git
+
+### Run it ###
+    cd LexTermServer
+    python manage.py runserver
+