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 Install pre-requisites,
 
-* Python 2.7
-* MariaDB
-* Redis
+* [Python 2.7](https://www.python.org/download/releases/2.7/)
+* [MariaDB](https://mariadb.org/)
+* [Redis](http://redis.io/topics/quickstart)
 * [wkhtmltopdf](http://wkhtmltopdf.org/downloads.html) (optional, required for pdf generation)
-* Memcached
 
 For installing MaraiDB on OSX, use:
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