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Add install note about installing gcc on macs
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For Users
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Parts of ``orbitize`` are written in C, so you'll need ``gcc`` (a C compiler) to install properly.
Most Linux and Windows computers come with ``gcc`` built in, but Mac computers don't. If you
haven't before, you'll need to download Xcode command line tools. There are several
helpful guides online that teach you how to do this. Let us know if you have trouble!

``orbitize`` is registered on ``pip``, and works in Python 2.7 or 3.6.
To install ``orbitize``, first make sure you have the latest versions
of ``numpy`` and ``cython`` installed. With ``pip``, you can do this with
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