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+## Requirements:
+
+  * [Core drupal requirements](http://drupal.org/requirements)
+  * PHP LDAP Extension
+  * PHP Tidy Extension (for migration tool)
+
 ## Get Started:
 
 In this example the web root is /Library/WebServer/Documents and Apache runs as _www - modify the instructions below according to your setup