This applies to Fineract (not fineract CN)

Installation

If you want to install and run Apache Fineract locally, only a few steps are needed to prepare your system. 

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MySQL 5.6

Download MySQL 5.7 6 at http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/mysql/, and follow the installation guide for your OS.

Java 8

Download Java 7u79 Java 8u102 at http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/jdk8-downloads-2133151.html, and follow the installation guide for you OS.

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Then open a console and go to [your project root]/mifosx/mifosngfineract-provider and execute the following command:

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