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-# microsetta-adminname: microsetta-admin CI
+# microsetta-admin
+An admin interface to support The Microsetta Initiative
 
+## Installation
+Other projects should be installed first.<br>
+https://github.com/biocore/microsetta-interface.git <br>
+https://github.com/charles-cowart/microsetta-private-api.git
+
+Create a new `conda` environment containing `flask` and other necessary packages:
+```
 conda create --name test-microsetta-admin python=3.7
+```
+
+Once the conda environment is created, activate it:
+```
 conda activate test-microsetta-admin
+```
+
+Ensure that the `conda-forge` channel has been added to the conda install and run:
+```
 conda install --yes --file ci/conda_requirements.txt
+```
+
+Install additional requirements using pip:
+```
 pip install -r ci/pip_requirements.txt
+```
+
+Install vi 'make' command and 'Makefile'.
+```
 make install
-conda activate test-microsetta-admin
+```
 
-before make test, add:
+Lastly, add nodejs.
+```
 conda install -c conda-forge nodejs
+```
 
+To run unittests:
+```
 make test
+```