1. Make sure that Python 3.8, Git, and PostgreSQL are installed on your machine.

2. Fork a copy of the main repo to your GitHub account.

3. Clone this repository git clone [email protected]:codeforboston/police-data-trust.git

4. Create a .env file in the root of your local project folder, and add your preferred PostgreSQL username and password:

POSTGRES_USER=<YOUR_USERNAME>
POSTGRES_PASSWORD=<YOUR_PASSWORD>

4. Login into your local PostgreSQL instance using the preferred user from the previous step using the SQL Shell or the following command:

psql -U postgres

and run the command: CREATE DATABASE police_data;

5. Test application by running either the run_unix.sh or run_windows.bat executable from the root of the application as appropriate for your operating system.

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