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 ** Melpa
 You can also obtain solidity-mode from [[http://melpa.org/#/][Melpa]] as can be seen [[http://melpa.org/#/solidity-mode][here]].
 
+1. Install melpa and make sure emacs is started with it.
+2. Press =Alt+x= (this is in emacs notation written as =M-x= ) and then type =package-refresh-contents=.
+3. Press =Alt+x= and then type =package-install=. This will prompt you for a package.
+3. type =solidity-mode= and hit enter, this should install all you need.
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 * Configuration
 By default solidity-mode associates itself with any files ending in =.sol=.