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+# Bower - A package manager for the web
+
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+
+---
+
+Bower offers a generic, unopinionated solution to the problem of **front-end package management**, while exposing the package dependency model via an API that can be consumed by a more opinionated build stack. There are no system wide dependencies, no dependencies are shared between different apps, and the dependency tree is flat.
+
+Bower runs over Git, and is package-agnostic. A packaged component can be made up of any type of asset, and use any type of transport (e.g., AMD, CommonJS, etc.).
+
+**View complete docs on [bower.io](http://bower.io)**
+
+[View all packages available through Bower's registry](http://bower.io/search/).
+
+## Install
+
+```sh
+$ npm install -g bower
+```
+
+Bower depends on [Node.js](http://nodejs.org/) and [npm](http://npmjs.org/). Also make sure that [git](http://git-scm.com/) is installed as some bower
+packages require it to be fetched and installed.
+
+
+## Usage
+
+See complete command line reference at [bower.io/docs/api/](http://bower.io/docs/api/)
+
+### Installing packages and dependencies
+
+```sh
+# install dependencies listed in bower.json
+$ bower install
+
+# install a package and add it to bower.json
+$ bower install <package> --save
+
+# install specific version of a package and add it to bower.json
+$ bower install <package>#<version> --save
+```
+
+### Using packages
+
+We discourage using bower components statically for performance and security reasons (if component has an `upload.php` file that is not ignored, that can be easily exploited to do malicious stuff).
+
+The best approach is to process components installed by bower with build tool (like [Grunt](http://gruntjs.com/) or [gulp](http://gulpjs.com/)), and serve them concatenated or using a module loader (like [RequireJS](http://requirejs.org/)).
+
+### Uninstalling packages
+
+To uninstall a locally installed package:
+
+```sh
+$ bower uninstall <package-name>
+```
+
+### prezto and oh-my-zsh users
+
+On `prezto` or `oh-my-zsh`, do not forget to `alias bower='noglob bower'` or `bower install jquery\#1.9.1`
+
+### Never run Bower with sudo
+
+Bower is a user command; there is no need to execute it with superuser permissions.
+
+### Windows users
+
+To use Bower on Windows, you must install
+[Git for Windows](http://git-for-windows.github.io/) correctly. Be sure to check the
+options shown below:
+
+<img src="https://cloud.githubusercontent.com/assets/10702007/10532690/d2e8991a-7386-11e5-9a57-613c7f92e84e.png" width="534" height="418" alt="Git for Windows" />
+
+<img src="https://cloud.githubusercontent.com/assets/10702007/10532694/dbe8857a-7386-11e5-9bd0-367e97644403.png" width="534" height="418" alt="Git for Windows" />
+
+Note that if you use TortoiseGit and if Bower keeps asking for your SSH
+password, you should add the following environment variable: `GIT_SSH -
+C:\Program Files\TortoiseGit\bin\TortoisePlink.exe`. Adjust the `TortoisePlink`
+path if needed.
+
+### Ubuntu users
+
+To use Bower on Ubuntu, you might need to link `nodejs` executable to `node`:
+
+```
+sudo ln -s /usr/bin/nodejs /usr/bin/node
+```
+
+## Configuration
+
+Bower can be configured using JSON in a `.bowerrc` file. Read over available options at [bower.io/docs/config](http://bower.io/docs/config).
+
+
+## Support
+
+* [Discord chat](https://discord.gg/0fFM7QF0KpZRh2cY)
+* [StackOverflow](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/bower)
+* [Mailinglist](http://groups.google.com/group/twitter-bower) - twitter-bower@googlegroups.com
+
+## Contributing
+
+We welcome [contributions](https://github.com/bower/bower/graphs/contributors) of all kinds from anyone. Please take a moment to review the [guidelines for contributing](CONTRIBUTING.md).
+
+* [Bug reports](https://github.com/bower/bower/wiki/Report-a-Bug)
+* [Feature requests](CONTRIBUTING.md#features)
+* [Pull requests](CONTRIBUTING.md#pull-requests)
+
+
+Note that on Windows for tests to pass you need to configure Git before cloning:
+
+```
+git config --global core.autocrlf input
+```
+
+## License
+
+Copyright (c) 2015 Twitter and [other contributors](https://github.com/bower/bower/graphs/contributors)
+
+Licensed under the MIT License