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 ## First Steps
 
-1. Install and configure PostgreSQL 9.1+. Make sure that the server's messages language is English; this is [required](https://github.com/rails/rails/blob/3006c59bc7a50c925f6b744447f1d94533a64241/activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/postgresql_adapter.rb#L1140) by the ActiveRecord Postgres adapter.
+1. Install and configure PostgreSQL 9.1+. 
+  1. Run `postgres -V` to see if you already have it.
+  1. Make sure that the server's messages language is English; this is [required](https://github.com/rails/rails/blob/3006c59bc7a50c925f6b744447f1d94533a64241/activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/postgresql_adapter.rb#L1140) by the ActiveRecord Postgres adapter.
 2. Install and configure Redis 2+.
-3. Install libxml2, g++, and make.
-4. Install Ruby 1.9.3 and Bundler.
-5. Clone the project and bundle.
-6. Copy `config/database.yml.development-sample` to `config/database.yml`. Copy `config/redis.yml.sample` to `config/redis.yml`. Edit the files to point to your postgres and redis instances.
-7. Create the "vagrant" user and the development and test databases in postgres. See the postgres section in "Building your own Vagrant VM", below.
+  1. Run `redis-server -v` to see if you already have it.
+3. Install ImageMagick
+4. Install libxml2, g++, and make.
+5. Install Ruby 1.9.3 and Bundler.
+6. Clone the project and bundle.
+7. Copy `config/database.yml.development-sample` to `config/database.yml`. Copy `config/redis.yml.sample` to `config/redis.yml`. Edit the files to point to your postgres and redis instances.
+8. Create the "vagrant" user and the development and test databases in postgres. See the postgres section in "Building your own Vagrant VM", below.
 
 
 ## Before you start Rails