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+Installation
+
+- git clone https://gitlab.version.fz-juelich.de/karbach1/EventsAPI.git JSCEventsAPI
+- cd JSCEventsAPI
+- ./utils/synch.sh ./
+
+Run Tests
+
+- configure configs/myurl.cnf to the test installation
+- cp rest/events/htaccess_fromall rest/events/.htaccess
+ - Warning: events API is now publicly available. Revert this step immediately after tests were run
+ 
+Further Tests
+
+- try to successfully run all scripts in the 'examples' folder
+ - therefore
+  - configure configs/dbaccess_jsc.cnf
+  
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