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@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ NodeBB requires the following software to be installed:
 
 First, we install our base software stack:
 
-	# apt-get install git nodejs redis-server npm build-essential imagemagick
+	# apt-get install git nodejs redis-server build-essential imagemagick
 
 If you want to use MongoDB instead of Redis install it from http://www.mongodb.org/downloads and remove 'redis-server' from the above command. [MongoDB-Setup](https://github.com/designcreateplay/NodeBB/wiki/Installing-NodeBB-With-MongoDB)