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 Installation
 ============
 
-**Nominatim is a complex piece of software and runs in a complex environment.
-Installing and running Nominatim is something for experienced system
-administrators only who can do some trouble-shooting themselves. We are sorry,
-but we can not provide installation support. We are all doing this in our free
-time and there is just so much of that time to go around. Do not open issues in
-our bug tracker if you need help. You can ask questions on the mailing list
-(see below) or on [help.openstreetmap.org](https://help.openstreetmap.org/).**
-
 The latest stable release can be downloaded from https://nominatim.org.
 There you can also find [installation instructions for the release](https://nominatim.org/release-docs/latest/admin/Installation), as well as an extensive [Troubleshooting/FAQ section](https://nominatim.org/release-docs/latest/admin/Faq/).
 
-Detailed installation instructions for the development version can be
-found at [nominatim.org](https://nominatim.org/release-docs/develop/admin/Installation)
-as well.
+[Detailed installation instructions for current master](https://nominatim.org/release-docs/develop/admin/Installation)
+can be found at nominatim.org as well.
 
 A quick summary of the necessary steps:
 
-1. Compile Nominatim:
+1. Create a Python virtualenv and install the packages:
+
+        python3 -m venv nominatim-venv
+        ./nominatim-venv/bin/pip install packaging/nominatim-{api,db}
 
-        mkdir build
-        cd build
-        cmake ..
-        make
+2. Create a project directory, get OSM data and import:
 
-2. Get OSM data and import:
+        mkdir nominatim-project
+        cd nominatim-project
+        ../nominatim-venv/bin/nominatim import --osm-file <your planet file>
 
-        ./build/utils/setup.php --osm-file <your planet file> --all
+3. Start the webserver:
 
-3. Point your webserver to the ./build/website directory.
+        ./nominatim-venv/bin/pip install uvicorn falcon
+        ../nominatim-venv/bin/nominatim serve
 
 
 License
 =======
 
-The source code is available under a GPLv2 license.
+The Python source code is available under a GPL license version 3 or later.
+The Lua configuration files for osm2pgsql are released under the
+Apache License, Version 2.0. All other files are under a GPLv2 license.
 
 
 Contributing
 ============
 
-Contributions are welcome. For details see [contribution guide](CONTRIBUTING.md).
+Contributions, bug reports and pull requests are welcome. When reporting a
+bug, please use one of the
+[issue templates](https://github.com/osm-search/Nominatim/issues/new/choose)
+and make sure to provide all the information requested. If you are not
+sure if you have really found a bug, please ask for help in the forums
+first (see 'Questions' below).
 
-Both bug reports and pull requests are welcome.
+For details on contributing, have a look at the
+[contribution guide](CONTRIBUTING.md).
 
 
-Mailing list
-============
+Questions and help
+==================
+
+If you have questions about search results and the OpenStreetMap data
+used in the search, use the [OSM Forum](https://community.openstreetmap.org/).
 
-For questions you can join the geocoding mailing list, see
-https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/geocoding
+For questions, community help and discussions around the software and
+your own installation of Nominatim, use the
+[Github discussions forum](https://github.com/osm-search/Nominatim/discussions).