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+Installation
+============
+
+Windows Installer
+-----------------
+
+Download the installer from the repository_ and run it in your machine. It includes everything you need.
+
+.. _repository: https://bitbucket.org/jpcgt/flatcam/downloads
+
+Ubuntu
+------
+
+FlatCAM should work on most Linux distributions but Ubuntu has been chosen as the test platform.
+
+There are several dependencies required to run FlatCAM. These are listed in the following section. Before attempting a manual installation, try running the provided setup script ``setup_ubuntu.sh`` that will download and install required packages.
+
+Manual Installation
+-------------------
+
+Requirements
+~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+* Python 2.7 32-bit
+* PyQt 4
+* Matplotlib 1.3.1
+* Numpy 1.8
+* `Shapely 1.3`_
+
+.. _Shapely 1.3: https://pypi.python.org/pypi/Shapely
+
+These packages might have their own dependencies.
+
+Linux
+~~~~~
+
+Under Linux, most modern package installers like **yum** or **apt-get** will attempt to locate and install the whole tree of dependencies for a specified package automatically. Refer to the provided setup script ``setup_ubuntu.sh`` for the names and installation order.
+
+Once the dependencies are installed, download the latest .zip release (or the latest source, although it is not garanteed to work), unpack it, change into the created folder and run::
+
+    Python FlatCAM.py
+
+
+Windows
+~~~~~~~
+
+An easy way to get the requirements in your system is to install WinPython_. This is a standalone distribution of Python which includes all of FlatCAM's dependencies, except for Shapely.
+
+.. _WinPython: http://winpython.sourceforge.net/
+
+Once the dependencies are installed, download the latest .zip release (or the latest source, although it is not garanteed to work), unpack it, change into the created folder and run::
+
+    Python FlatCAM.py
+