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Before starting the setup, make sure **Python 3.6** is installed on your system.
1. Use the pip tool to install `virtualenv`
1. Use the pip tool to install `virtualenv`. (See this [guide](http://docs.python-guide.org/en/latest/dev/virtualenvs/) for further details.)
[Guide](http://docs.python-guide.org/en/latest/dev/virtualenvs/)
`pip install --user pipenv`
2. Create a virtual environment in an empty directory:
2. Create a virtual environment.
`virtualenv -p <path to python3.6 executable> <path to empty directory>`
`python3 -m venv /path/to/new/virtual/environment`
3. cd into the directory you just created a virtual environment in, and clone our GitHub repo
3. `cd` into the directory you just created a virtual environment in, and clone the GitHub repo.
4. Activate the virtual environment from the command line
4. Activate the virtual environment from the command line.
`source bin/activate`
5. cd into the repository root directory, install all dependencies using pip
5. `cd` into the repository root directory and install all dependencies using `pip`.
`pip install -r requirements.txt`
6. Run Django migrations
6. Run Django migrations.
`python manage.py migrate`
7. Start the server
7. Start the server.
`python manage.py runserver`
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