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- Get the sling source as described here http://sling.apache.org/site/getting-and-building-sling.html#GettingandBuildingSling-GettingtheSlingSource here
- Build sling as described here
- Make sure Tomcat isn't running
- Copy the file <sling>/launchpad/builder/target/org.apache.sling.launchpad-6-SNAPSHOT.war to the <tomcat>/webapps/ directory.
- Rename org.apache.sling.launchpad-6-SNAPSHOT.war in <tomcat>/webapps/ to sling.war
- Start Tomcat
- You should now be able to access Sling at http://localhost:8080/sling
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