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@@ -7,23 +7,38 @@ Linkahead project.
 
 ## Getting started #
 
-### Configuration
+### Setup
 
-The following steps describe how to setup the tests for running agains
-a plain LinkAhead server built from the sources. In case you want to
-use LinkAhead Control instead, there is a pre-confidured [test
-profile](/test_profile/profile.yml) in this repository that you can
-use for this. Instructions can be found in the official LinkAhead
-[documentation](https://docs.indiscale.com//caosdb-deploy/README_SETUP.html#integration-tests).
+Dependencies can be installed using  `pip install -r requirements.txt`.  
 
-- To run tests, start up a Linkahead server with the following properties (documentation for this can
-  be found elsewhere):
+The tests must be run against a correctly configured linkahead server. The suggested
+way to achieve this is to start linkahead using the [test_profile](/test_profile/profile.yml)
+provided with this repository. Instructions can be found in the official LinkAhead
+[documentation](https://docs.indiscale.com//caosdb-deploy/README_TEST.html#integration-tests).
+
+After a linkahead server is set up, copy the content of 
+[`pylinkahead.ini.template`](pylinkahead.ini.template) to a new file named `pylinkahead.ini`.
+
+### Run the tests
+
+The tests can then be run from the base directory using `pytest` or `pytest-3` (depending on
+your system). You can also select a single test file with `pytest-3 tests/test_issues.py`,
+or a test matching a regular expression, f.e. using `pytest-3 tests/test_issues.py -k issue_123`.
+
+## Configuration for LinkAhead servers built from source
+
+The following steps describe how to set up the tests for running against
+a plain LinkAhead server built from the sources. 
+
+- To run tests, start up a Linkahead server with the following properties
+  (documentation for this can be found in the [official documentation](https://docs.indiscale.com/)):
   - The Linkahead server must have debugging enabled.
   - The database should be empty.
   - The `resources` directory should be made visible, e.g., by
-    symlinking or copying its contents, to the server in
+    symlinking or copying its contents to the server in
     `scripting/bin-debug`.
-- Modify `pylinkahead.ini.template` and save it as `pylinkahead.ini`, taking care of the following points:
+- Modify `pylinkahead.ini.template` and save it as `pylinkahead.ini`,
+  taking care of the following points:
   - Certificates must be valid and be specified in `pylinkahead.ini`.
   - Server-side scripting paths must be given, otherwise server-side
 	scripting will be omitted. The remote path
@@ -33,27 +48,14 @@ use for this. Instructions can be found in the official LinkAhead
   - Paths for the file tests must exist, or be creatable by the
     testing script and the server.
 
-### Run the tests
-
-- Run the tests with `pytest` or `pytest-3` (depending on your system).
-- If you want to run just a single test, you can also select a single test file:
-  `pytest-3 tests/test_issues.py`
-  or a test matching a regular expression:
-  `pytest-3 tests/test_issues.py -k issue_123`
-
-## Requirements ##
-
-- Running the tests needs `pytest`, obviously, and also the `nose` library:
-  - `pip3 install pytest nose`
-
-## Run tests agains a remote linkahead server
+## Run tests against a remote linkahead server
 
 * There is a special mark `local_server`, which marks all test which cannot
   pass when the server is not on the host where the test suite is running.
 * Start tests with `pytest -m "not local_server"` or
   `tox -- -m "not local_server"`.
-* The remote linkahead server must have a TLS certificate which maches the name given in
-  `pylinkahead.ini`.  If you use LinkAhead Control, this can be achieved by:
+* The remote linkahead server must have a TLS certificate which matches the name given
+  in `pylinkahead.ini`.  If you use LinkAhead Control, this can be achieved by:
 	* `linkahead cert_gen -- --hostname <your hostname>`
 	* `linkahead certs -d <your profile path>/custom/other/cert`
 	* `linkahead start`