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DOC: clarify role of pip on Linux
Maybe only use pip if your package manager isn't going to do the job.
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By far the best way to install NiBabel is via pip_. If you don't have pip
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already, follow the `pip install instructions`_.
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If you are not using a Linux package manager, then best way to install NiBabel
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is via pip_. If you don't have pip already, follow the `pip install
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instructions`_.
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Then open a terminal (Terminal.app on OSX, cmd or Poweshell on Windows), and
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type::
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Then open a terminal (``Terminal.app`` on OSX, ``cmd`` or ``Powershell`` on
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Windows), and type::
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pip install nibabel
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This will download and install NiBabel.
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If you really like doing stuff manually, you can install NiBabel by downoading
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the source from `NiBabel pypi`_ . Go to this page and select the source
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the source from `NiBabel pypi`_ . Go to the pypi page and select the source
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distribution you want. Download the distribution, unpack it, and then, from
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the unpacked directory, run::
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