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@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ started](https://github.com/everware/everware/wiki/Getting-Started).
 
 In order to deploy your own `everware` instance, you have to:
 
+ - install `nodejs` and `npm` (platform-specific)
  - create and activate a `conda` environment with python 3.5
 ```
     conda create -n everware python=3.5