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 .DS_Store
 .idea
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-pgaweb/settings_local.py
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+pgaweb/settings_local.py
+*.pyc
+static/COMPILED/
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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+PGAdmin Website
+
+# Installation instructions
+
+## Install Python dependencies
+Run the command:
+
+```bash
+pip install -r requirements.txt
+```
+
+## Create local settings file
+Create a the file pgaweb/settings_local.py from pgaweb/settings.py changing the needed options to run locally.
+For connection complaints inquiring about postgres "running locally and accepting connections on Unix domain socket...",
+you'll need to change the `HOST` from the postgres data directory to `localhost`.
+
+
+## Database setup
+
+### Create a new database
+
+Create a new database using the command
+
+```bash
+createdb pgaweb
+```
+
+### Migrate database
+
+```bash
+./manage.py migrate
+```
+
+### Populate the table
+
+You will at least need to:
+
+```bash
+./manage.py loaddata ./versions/fixtures/versions.json
+```
+
+If you want to see the other content in the site running locally,
+you will need to repeat this for the other fixtures:
+
+```bash
+./manage.py loaddata ./download/fixtures/packages.json
+./manage.py loaddata ./download/fixtures/distributions.json
+./manage.py loaddata ./download/fixtures/versions.json
+./manage.py loaddata ./download/fixtures/downloads.json
+./manage.py loaddata ./faq/fixtures/categories.json
+./manage.py loaddata ./faq/fixtures/faqs.json
+./manage.py loaddata ./news/fixtures/news.json
+```
+
+## Install frontend requirements
+
+```bash
+pushd static
+yarn install
+popd
+```
+
+# Start the application
+
+```bash
+./manage.py runserver
+```
diff --git a/static/yarn.lock b/static/yarn.lock
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+# THIS IS AN AUTOGENERATED FILE. DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE DIRECTLY.
+# yarn lockfile v1
+
+
+bootstrap@^3.3.7:
+  version "3.3.7"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/bootstrap/-/bootstrap-3.3.7.tgz#5a389394549f23330875a3b150656574f8a9eb71"
+
+font-awesome@^4.7.0:
+  version "4.7.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/font-awesome/-/font-awesome-4.7.0.tgz#8fa8cf0411a1a31afd07b06d2902bb9fc815a133"
+
+font-mfizz@^2.3.0:
+  version "2.3.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/font-mfizz/-/font-mfizz-2.3.0.tgz#f12582680d2f3d1fc111e94a44c0b57b3b5d5c05"
+
+fotorama@^4.6.4:
+  version "4.6.4"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/fotorama/-/fotorama-4.6.4.tgz#7376961b6c7eeccb6c76411aceba7795ffe22eae"
+  dependencies:
+    jquery ">=1.8"
+
+jquery@>=1.8, jquery@^3.2.0:
+  version "3.2.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/jquery/-/jquery-3.2.1.tgz#5c4d9de652af6cd0a770154a631bba12b015c787"