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@@ -7,29 +7,29 @@ Installation
 
 To get setup you must have the following installed:
 
- * MySQL-Client Development libraries
- * JPEG library development files
- * Python 3.5 including Development files
- * virtualenv 1.11
+* MySQL-Client Development libraries
+* JPEG library development files
+* Python 3.5 including Development files
+* virtualenv 1.11
 
 In Debian or Ubuntu (or derivatives) you should be able to achieve this with this command:
-
+```
     $ sudo apt-get install libmysqlclient-dev libjpeg-dev python3.5-dev virtualenv
-
+```
 
 Setting up the environment
 --------------------------
 
 Create a virtual environment where the dependencies will live:
-
+```
     $ virtualenv -p python3.5 python
     $ source python/bin/activate
     (python)$
-
+```
 Change into the base directory of this software and install the project dependencies:
-
+```
     (python)$ pip3 install -r requirements.txt
-
+```
 
 Setting up the database
 -----------------------
@@ -37,22 +37,22 @@ Setting up the database
 By default the project is set up to run on a SQLite database.
 
 Create a file pv/local_settings.py and add at least the line
-
+```
     SECRET_KEY = 'secret key'
-
+```
 (obviously replacing "secret key" with a key of your choice).
 
 Then run:
-
+```
     (python)$ python manage.py migrate
     (python)$ python manage.py loaddata program/fixtures/*.yaml
-
+```
 ### Setting up MySQL
 
 __Note:__ When adding your database, make sure you _don't_ use the collation _utf8mb4_unicode_ci_ or you will get a key length error during migration. (use e.g. _utf8_general_ci_ instead).
 
 To use MySQL, add the following to your local_settings.py (before migrating):
-
+```
     DATABASES = {
         'default': {
             'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.mysql',
@@ -61,9 +61,9 @@ To use MySQL, add the following to your local_settings.py (before migrating):
             },
         }
     }
-
+```
 Create a file pv/mysql.cnf and give your MySQL credentials:
-
+```
     [client]
     database =
     host = localhost
@@ -71,21 +71,21 @@ Create a file pv/mysql.cnf and give your MySQL credentials:
     user =
     password =
     default-character-set = utf8
-
+```
 
 Adding an admin user
 --------------------
 
 In order to create an admin user (which you will need to login to the webinterface after the next step) run:
-
+```
     (python)$ python manage.py createsuperuser
-
+```
 
 Running a web server
 --------------------
 
 In development you should run:
-
+```
     (python)$ python manage.py runserver
-
+```
 After this you can open http://127.0.0.1:8000/admin in your browser and log in with the admin credential you created previously.
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