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+1. Open a terminal window.
+2. First make sure you have dependencies installed.
+* On Ubuntu: `sudo apt-get install mysql-server libmysqlclient-dev`
+2. Clone the repository from github: `git clone git@github.com:EQEmu/Server.git eqemu`
+3. `cd eqemu`
+4. `cmake .`
+5. `make`
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