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@@ -8,20 +8,33 @@ Git you clonin'
 
 `cd refstack`
 
+Install dependencies (on ubuntu 13.x)..
+
+`apt-get install python-dev`
+
+`apt-get install python-pip`
+
+`easy_install -U setuptools`
+
+`python setup.py install`
+
+
 Setup or update the database
 
-NOTE: you are going to have to modify the db connection string in `alembic.ini` to get this working 
+NOTE: you are going to have to modify the db connection string in `alembic.ini` to get this working
 
 PROTIP: if you just want to test this out, use `-n alembic_sqlite` to make a local sqlite db 
-`alembic -n alembic_sqlite upgrade head`
 
-`alembic upgrade head`
+`alembic -n alembic_sqlite upgrade head`
+or
+`alembic upgrade head` If you've got mysql or another database of choice.
 
 Plug this bad boy into your server infrastructure.
 We use nginx and gunicorn, you may use something else if you so desire.
 
 For the most basic setup that you can try right now, just kick off
 gunicorn:
+
 `gunicorn -b 0.0.0.0:8000 refstack.web:app`
 
 To actually configure refstack, check out the config section and