Magento Error during theme creation - already defined module

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I ran into this error because i had downloaded the magento from the github, which already had many definitions predefined and got stuck up in the middle  with the error - Module already defined.

I did some online search and found that some experts had adviced not to pull the magento folder which already has all the definitions pre defined.

So i had to begin from the start

Download the magento from the magento2 repo.

You will be asked for the credentials, for that, you have to create a public key( username) and private key ( password).
Using the credentials ,run the following command in root directory.

>composer create-project --repository-url=https://repo.magento.com/ magento/project-community-edition

( I have created this write up based on the fact that you have already downloaded composer) - IF NOT - GOTO B

Then change the folder and files permission of the downloaded magento, 

>find . -type d -exec chmod 700 {} \; && find . -type f -exec chmod 600 {} \;

Create The Database 
using cli
>/Applications/MAMP/Library/bin/mysql --host=localhost -uroot -proot
mysql> CREATE DATABASE <magentoDb>;

That’s about it! You can now follow the installation wizard or use the command line.