Add running from source

markwal · Jan 13, 2017 · cf9e844 · cf9e844
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+## Running from source
+Alternatively you can run from the source directly. It'll make it easy to update in the future. Use git to clone this repository into the folders given above.
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 ## Configuration
 Boot up Cura, choose the following from the Menu Bar: Extensions->OctoPrint->Servers.  Click "Add" and tell it the url to your OctoPrint instance (i.e. http://octo.local) and give it the API key from OctoPrint (it's in Settings->API).