updating README with instructions to build and run

README.md

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 A Python library for validating and managing binary array linked data files.
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+## Pre-requisites
+
+* netCDF - see https://gist.github.com/perrette/cd815d03830b53e24c82 for installing on Ubuntu
+* python 3
+* miniconda
+
+Suggested configuration steps
+```
+conda create -n ncld-bald
+conda config --add channels conda-forge
+conda config --add channels bioconda
+conda config --set show_channel_urls True
+source activate ncld-bald
+```
+
+## Quickstart
+
+```
+#install required modules
+$ conda install --quiet --file requirements.txt
+
+#install the bald module
+$ python setup.py --quiet install
+
+#running the tests
+$ python -m unittest discover -s bald.tests -v
+```