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@@ -11,7 +11,18 @@ Additional software needed:
 
 To install all dependencies, try running `install_dependencies.sh`, which installs dependencies to `~/split_seq_reqs/`.
 
-To install the package: run `pip install -e .` (might need sudo).
+To install the package, run:
+
+```
+git clone https://github.com/Alex-Rosenberg/split-seq-pipeline.git
+cd split-seq-pipeline
+export HTSLIB_CONFIGURE_OPTIONS=--disable-bz2
+pip install cython
+pip install pandas
+pip install scipy
+pip install matplotlib
+pip install -e . (might need sudo).
+```
 
 ## Generating a reference genome
 Download human reference genome<br>