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+# Recommended Environment
+* Ubuntu 16.04+ (parallels VM is good for mac)
+
+# Start up steps
+```bash
+cd $GOPATH/src/github.com/quantum
+git clone https://github.com/quantum/castle.git
+cd castle
+git submodule update --init --recursive
+sudo apt-get install cmake python-sphinx libudev-dev libaio-dev libblkid-dev libldap2-dev xfslibs-dev libleveldb-dev libexpat1-dev cython libfcgi-dev libatomic-ops-dev libsnappy-dev libjemalloc-dev libkeyutils-dev libcurl4-openssl-dev libcrypto++-dev libssl-dev libboost-dev libboost-thread-dev libboost-system-dev libboost-regex-dev libboost-random-dev libboost-program-options-dev libboost-date-time-dev libboost-iostreams-dev
+make build
+./bin/castled
+```