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  1. Download the latest XAMPP software from https://www.apachefriends.org
  2. Once downloaded, install the software by following the steps on the screen.
  3. Once installed, make sure you have turned on Apache and MySQL from the XAMPP Control Panel

Xampp control panel.png

  1. On your favorite browser, go to http://localhost and you should see the XAMPP welcome page.
  1. Once your server is up and running with MySQL, we need to create a Mahara database. Head to http://localhost/phpmyadmin which should log you in to your mysql database . Once in, create a new database called 'mahara' having a collation of utf8_general

Mahara phpmyadmin create dn.png

  1. Clone the latest version of Mahara from https://github.com/MaharaProject/mahara.git
  1. Once cloned , you need to install cygwin
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