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+= Install SonarQube locally
+
+Check you are using Install Java SDK 17
+java --version must show 61
+
+To install java sdk 17 on ubuntu:
+sudo apt update
+sudo apt install -y openjdk-17-jdk
+
+Unzip the sonar package into a directory
+
+Edit the file conf/sonar.properties to modify port 9000 and 9001 (already used by Eclipse or xdebug) into 9080 and 9081
+
+Launch sonar with
+bin/linux*/sonar.sh console