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 ## Software and material
 What you need for the workshop (quick overview):
 
-- [Julia 1.8](https://julialang.org/downloads/)
+- [Julia 1.9](https://julialang.org/downloads/)
 - [Jupyter](https://jupyter.org/) and [IJulia.jl](https://github.com/JuliaLang/IJulia.jl)
 - This repository of workshop materials
 - All required dependencies (Julia packages) for the workshop
 
 ### Getting Julia
-For following the course you will need at least **Julia 1.8**.
+For following the course you will need **Julia 1.9**.
 Julia can be easily obtained in binary form from [Julia downloads](https://julialang.org/downloads/).
 
 ### Getting all the rest
-To get the remaining files and dependencies
-start up `julia` and in the resulting REPL shell,
-copy and paste the following:
-
-```julia
-import Downloads
-script = Downloads.download("https://gitlab.mathematik.uni-stuttgart.de/stammbn/julia-seminar/-/raw/main/install.jl?ref_type=heads")
-include(script)
-```
-This [downloads the install.jl script](https://gitlab.mathematik.uni-stuttgart.de/stammbn/julia-seminar/-/raw/main/install.jl?ref_type=heads)
-and runs it from julia.
-Follow the instructions on the screen and start the Jupyter notebook server
-with the command that will be printed.
+The easiest way to get the remaining files and dependencies
+is to [download the install.jl script](https://gitlab.mathematik.uni-stuttgart.de/stammbn/julia-seminar/-/blob/main/install.jl?ref_type=heads) and run it from julia. See the instructions [on the github repository](https://gitlab.mathematik.uni-stuttgart.de/stammbn/julia-seminar/).
 
 As an alternative you can also also run the following commands manually
 (this requires to have `git` and `julia` available from the commandline):
@@ -40,15 +29,18 @@ cd Julia-seminar
 julia install-manual.jl
 ```
 
+### Starting the notebook
+To start the notebook make sure to be in the folder `Julia-seminar` and then run `julia`: an interactive Julia command line will open. In there run this command
+
+```
+using IJulia; notebook(dir=pwd())
+```
+and the notebook will automatically open in a browser.
+
 ### Troubleshooting
 If you are facing issues, check out
 the [great troubleshooting section](https://carstenbauer.github.io/WorkshopWizard.jl/dev/troubleshooting/)
-from the WorkshopWizard package by Carsten Bauer (which `install.jl` is using).
-
-### Check everything works
-There is a section in the [00_Installation](00_Installation.ipynb) notebook
-with a few quick commands to check everything works as expected.
-Please run these **before the course**.
+from the WorkshopWizard package by Carsten Bauer (which is being used by `install.jl`).
 
 ### For Developers: Setting Up `pre-commit`