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The meaning of the different entries in .env.example should either be explained in the README or in the example file itself. APP_KEY and APP_URL seem to be essential to make a Cosum installation run.

php artisan key:generate

should be added to the "Database" section in order to generate an APP_KEY.

In section "The first User" parameters for App\\User::create should be added. As far as I can tell, this should work

$u1=App\User::create(['name'=>'admin', 'email'=>'admin@example.com', 'admitted'=>1, 'password'=>bcrypt('theAdminPW')]);

Furthermore, it would be better to have the statements required in this section to be put in a block in order to not miss one of them.