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+# telegram-archivist
+
+## Development (Quickstart)
+
+* Install dependencies:
+```text
+$ sudo apt-get install python3 python3-pip virtualenv python3-virtualenv
+```
+* Setup the virtual environment with python3
+```text
+$ virtualenv -p python3 env
+```
+* Activate the environment, install dependencies, perform DB migration
+```text
+$ . env/bin/activate
+(env) $ pip install -r requirements.txt
+(env) $ python manage.py migrate
+(env) $ python manage.py runserver
+```
+
+If you get a no such table error, try: `python manage.py migrate --run-syncdb`