--user is a better argument to use

README.rst

@@ -6,10 +6,10 @@ You are free to use this code, but no warranty whatsoever is given.
 
 ## Installation ##
 
-To install the package, first download from Bitbucket. Then enter the directory, and run the setup script. An example is shown below of these three steps, where the installed files goes into your .local/ directory in $HOME.
+To install the package, first download from Bitbucket. 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
 
      git clone https://bitbucket.org/ess-bp/ess-python-tools.git
 
      cd ess-python-tools
 
-     python setup.py install --prefix=~/.local/
+     python setup.py install --user
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