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 ## Installation
 
 All dependencies except BLAST (required by `phipkit-blast` command) can be
-installed by pip. Run this from a checkout of the repo:
+installed by pip:
+
+```
+$ pip install phipkit
+```
+ 
+or from a checkout of the repo:
 
 ```
 $ pip install .