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 ## Command Line
 
-There are many ways to install MySQL, PHP, and other dependencies -- for
-example, `apt-get` and `yum` can download packages automatically; `php.net`
-and `mysql.com` provide standalone installers; and MAMP/XAMPP provide
-bundled installers.
+There are many ways to install MySQL, PHP, and other dependencies -- for example, `apt-get` and `yum` can download packages automatically; `php.net` and `mysql.com` provide standalone installers; and MAMP/XAMPP provide bundled installers.
 
-Civi development should work with most packages -- but there's one proviso:
-***the command-line must support standard commands*** (`php`, `mysql`,
-`node`, `git`, `bash`, etc).
+Civi development should work with most packages -- but there's one proviso: ***the command-line must support standard commands***  (`php`, `mysql`, `node`, `git`, `bash`, etc).
 
-Some packages are configured properly out-of-the-box. (Linux distributions
-do a pretty good job of this.) Other packages require extra configuration
-steps.
+Some packages are configured properly out-of-the-box. (Linux distributions do a pretty good job of this.) Other packages require extra configuration steps.
 
-In subsequent steps, the download script will attempt to identify
-misconfigurations and display an appropriate message.
+In subsequent steps, the download script will attempt to identify misconfigurations and display an appropriate message.
 
 ## Buildkit
 
-The developer docs reference a large number of developer tools, such as
-`drush` (the Drupal command line), `civix` (the CiviCRM code-generator), and
-`karma` (the Javascript tester).
+The developer docs reference a large number of developer tools, such as `drush` (the Drupal command line), `civix` (the CiviCRM code-generator), and `karma` (the Javascript tester).
 
-Many of these tools are commonly used by web developers, so you may have
-already installed a few.  You could install all the tools individually --
-but that takes a lot of work.
+Many of these tools are commonly used by web developers, so you may have already installed a few.  You could install all the tools individually -- but that takes a lot of work.
 
 [civicrm-buildkit](/tools/buildkit.md) provides a script which downloads the full collection.