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+Requirements:
+
+php-Smarty >= 3.0
+
+perl (to update the language files)
+
+To set up:
+
+ mkdir -p templates/compiled
+ chown apaache:apache templates/compliled
+
+ git clone git://git.rockbox.org/rockbox rockbox
+
+Then set up a cron job or something else that invokes 'php update.php'