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@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 * `$ mkvirtualenv thinkster-djangular`
 * `$ cd thinkster-django-angular-boilerplate/`
 * `$ pip install -r requirements.txt`
+* `$ npm install -g bower`
 * `$ npm install`
 * `$ bower install`
 * `$ python manage.py migrate`