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 	$ pip install Flask
 	```
 
+### Installation
+
+Install packages needed via pip
+```shell
+$ pip install -r requirement.txt
+```
+
+Setup environment variables
+```shell
+$ export FLASK_CONFIG=development
+$ export FLASK_ENV=development
+$ export FLASK_APP=run.py
+```
+
+Setup your own configuration
+```
+$ cp instance/config.py.default instance/config.py
+$ vim instance/config.py
+```
+
+Initialize you database
+```shell
+$ flask db init
+$ flask db migrate
+$ flask db upgrade
+```
+
+Finally, you can run your app
+```shell
+$ flask run
+```
+
 ### Resources:
 
 - [Part one](https://scotch.io/tutorials/build-a-crud-web-app-with-python-and-flask-part-one)