There should be sufficient detail to install on at least OS X and Linux using the built-in thirdparty build toolchain
https://github.com/wesm/arrow/blob/ee5cb2ad171f0f4c7673f2937dc226d62aad972c/python/README.md
Reporter: Wes McKinney / @wesm
Assignee: Uwe Korn / @xhochy
Note: This issue was originally created as ARROW-911. Please see the migration documentation for further details.