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+# EGroupware
+
+### Default and prefered installation method for EGroupware is via your package manager:
+
+  https://software.opensuse.org/download.html?project=server%3AeGroupWare&package=egroupware-epl
+
+### Installing EGroupware 16.1 from github:
+* cd /path/to/your/docroot
+* git clone git@github.com:EGroupware/egroupware.git
+* cd egroupware
+* # install composer.phar from https://getcomposer.org/download/
+* composer.phar install
+* # install myrepos (mr) from https://myrepos.branchable.com/ or your distrbution package
+* mr up
+* # enable further / non-default EGroupware apps be uncommenting them in .mrconfig and run mr up