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+Prerequisites
+-------------
+
+* Some knowledge of the terminal
+* Some knowledge of mysql
+* A compatible installation of the Everquest client.
+
+Steps
+-----
+
 1. Open a terminal window.
 2. First make sure you have dependencies installed. On Ubuntu this is done with: `sudo apt-get install subversion mysql-server libmysqlclient-dev`.
+3. Additional optional dependencies: `sudo apt-get install phpmyadmin`
 4. Clone the repository from github: `git clone git@github.com:EQEmu/Server.git eqemu`
 5. `cd eqemu`
 6. `cmake .`
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 9. The peqbeta archive contains SQL data that needs to be loaded into your database.
 10. The quests archive contains a quests folder that should be copied to your eqemu directory.
 11. Inside the quest folder are two folders called `lua_modules` and `plugins`. Move these to the root of your eqemu directory.
-12. Download the maps from Google Code. From your eqemu directory: `svn checkout http://eqemumaps.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/ .`
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+12. Download the maps from Google Code. From your eqemu directory: `svn checkout http://eqemumaps.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/ .`
+13. Copy the default config file: `cp utils/defaults/eqemu_config.xml.full ./eqemu_config.xml`
+14. Create a database named `eq` and load the .sql files from the peqbeta_ archive into it. 
+15. Create a user with privileges on `eq` and add the credentials to `eqemu_config.xml`.
+16. Copy `eqtime.cfg` from the peqbeta_ archive into the eqemu root directory.
+14. Create the logs directory: `mkdir logs`.
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