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@@ -50,6 +50,8 @@ Once VirtualBox and Vagrant have been installed, you should add the `laravel/hom
 
 ### Installing Homestead
 
+#### With Composer + PHP Tool
+
 Once the box has been added to your Vagrant installation, you are ready to install the Homestead CLI tool using the Composer `global` command:
 
 	composer global require "laravel/homestead=~2.0"
@@ -64,6 +66,18 @@ The `Homestead.yaml` file will be placed in the `~/.homestead` directory. If you
 
 	homestead edit
 
+#### Manually Via Git (No Local PHP)
+
+Alternatively, if you do not want to install PHP on your local machine, you may install Homestead manually by simply cloning the repository. Consider cloning the repository into a central `Homestead` directory where you keep all of your Laravel projects, as the Homestead box will serve as the host to all of your Laravel (and PHP) projects:
+
+	git clone https://github.com/laravel/homestead.git Homestead
+
+Once you have installed the Homestead CLI tool, run the `bash init.sh` command to create the `Homestead.yaml` configuration file:
+
+	bash init.sh
+
+The `Homestead.yaml` file will be placed in the `~/.homestead` directory.
+
 ### Set Your SSH Key
 
 Next, you should edit the `Homestead.yaml` file. In this file, you can configure the path to your public SSH key, as well as the folders you wish to be shared between your main machine and the Homestead virtual machine.
@@ -97,7 +111,9 @@ To add Bash aliases to your Homestead box, simply add to the `aliases` file in t
 
 ### Launch The Vagrant Box
 
-Once you have edited the `Homestead.yaml` to your liking, run the `homestead up` command in your terminal. Vagrant will boot the virtual machine, and configure your shared folders and Nginx sites automatically! To destroy the machine, you may use the `homestead destroy` command. For a complete list of available Homestead commands, run `homestead list`.
+Once you have edited the `Homestead.yaml` to your liking, run the `homestead up` command in your terminal. If you installed Homestead manually are are not using the PHP `homestead` tool, simply run `vagrant up` from the directory that contains your cloned Homestead Git repository.
+
+Vagrant will boot the virtual machine, and configure your shared folders and Nginx sites automatically! To destroy the machine, you may use the `homestead destroy` command. For a complete list of available Homestead commands, run `homestead list`.
 
 Don't forget to add the "domains" for your Nginx sites to the `hosts` file on your machine! The `hosts` file will redirect your requests for the local domains into your Homestead environment. On Mac and Linux, this file is located at `/etc/hosts`. On Windows, it is located at `C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts`. The lines you add to this file will look like the following: