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+# Installation
+
+
+### Install Python 
+Being a Python framework, it requires Python. Python includes a lightweight database called 
+SQLite that the framework can use so you won’t need to set up a database just yet.
+
+As of now, the framework only works with python 3.x.
+ 
+### Python pip install (recommended)
+
+You can easily use pip to install the framework in your python environment.
+
+```sh
+$ pip install investing-algorithm-framework
+```
+ 
+### Installation from source
+
+First clone the repository
+```sh
+$ git clone https://github.com/investing-algorithms/investing-algorithm-framework.git
+```
+
+Then install the framework by running:
+```sh
+$ pip install <path to cloned investing-algorithm-framework>
+```
+
+### Verifying the installation
+
+To verify that you correctly installed the framework, type python from your shell. Then at the Python prompt, 
+try to import investing-algorithm-framework:
+
+```python
+import investing-algorithm-framework
+print(investing-algorithm-framework.get_version())
+```
+ 
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