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+AOtools
+=======
+
+Useful tools for Adaptive Optics analysis for the Python Programming Language
+
+.. image:: https://travis-ci.org/AOtools/aotools.svg?branch=master
+   :target: https://travis-ci.org/AOtools/aotools
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+   :target: http://aotools.readthedocs.org/en/latest/?badge=latest
+
+
+Required libraries
+------------------
+
+.. code-block:: python
+
+   python
+   SciPy
+   NumPy
+   matplotlib
+
+Installation
+------------
+
+As everything is just pure python, you don't really need to "install" at all. To be able to use the tools from anywhere on your system,
+add the ``aotools`` directory to your ``PYTHONTPATH``.
+Alternatively you can use one of the methods below.
+
+Pip
++++
+
+AOtools can be installed using pip:
+
+.. code-block:: python
+
+    pip install aotools
+
+(which may require admin or root privileges)
+
+From Source
++++++++++++
+Alternatively, to install the tools to your system python distribution from source, run:
+
+.. code-block:: python
+
+    python setup.py install
+
+(which may require admin or root privileges) from the ``aotools`` directory.
+
+Documentation
++++++++++++++
+Full documentation is hosted by  `Read the Docs <http://aotools.readthedocs.io/en/stable/>`_