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 Installation
 ------------
 
-To install the package, first download from GitLab. Then enter the directory, and run the setup script. An example is shown below of these three steps, where the installation is for the user only instead of system wide.
+To install the package, run the command below. It is assumed that you have git and pip installed on your system.
 
 ```bash
-git clone https://gitlab01.esss.lu.se/ess-bp/ess-python-tools.git
-cd ess-python-tools
-python setup.py install --user
+pip install git+https://gitlab01.esss.lu.se/ess-bp/ess-python-tools.git -U
 ```