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            <h1>Installation</h1>
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                <h4>Requirements</h4>
                <strong>PHP 5.6+</strong>
                <strong>CURL enabled</strong>
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                <h4>Follow QuickStart Guide to Install and execute your first test in 6 easy
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                <h3>Composer <small><i>(recommended)</i></small></h3>
                <p>To install via <a href="https://getcomposer.org">Composer</a>, run this in your project's root:</p>
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                    <pre><code>composer require "codeception/codeception" --dev</code></pre>
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                <p>From now on Codeception (with installed PHPUnit) can be run as:</p>
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                    <pre><code>php vendor/bin/codecept</code></pre>
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                <p>Initialize your testing environment with</p>
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                    <pre><code>php vendor/bin/codecept bootstrap</code></pre>
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            <h3>Phar</h3>
            {% include phar.html %}
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        <h3>Git</h3>
        <p>Alternative installation method for bugfixing, contributions and hacking</p>
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            Clone from GitHub:
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            <pre><code>git clone git@github.com:Codeception/Codeception.git && cd Codeception</code></pre>
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            Install dependencies with Composer
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            <pre><code>composer install</code></pre>
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            Execute bootstrap, specifying path to your directory.
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            <pre><code>php codecept bootstrap /path/to/demo/project</code></pre>
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            To <strong>run tests</strong> use <code>-c</code> option for specifing path.
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            <pre><code>php codecept run -c /path/to/demo/project</code></pre>
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        <p>Don't forget to send Pull Requests!</p>
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