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+# HLedger Web for Sandstorm
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+## Build instructions
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+- Clone the repository to your local machine
+- [Install vagrant-spk](https://docs.sandstorm.io/en/latest/vagrant-spk/installation/)
+- Navigate your terminal to your local hledger repository folder
+- Run `vagrant-spk vm up`
+- Run `vagrant-spk dev` to run the app in Sandstorm dev mode
+- Visit http://local.sandstorm.io:6080 in your browser to see changes and test
+- Press Ctrl-C to exit dev mode
+- Run `vagrant-spk pack hledger.spk` to create the Sandstorm package file
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