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Misc updates on the install side
Should we cull this content in favour of the main repository information?
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### Installation from Source
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Installation from source requires an appropriate C compiler, for example
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GCC on **Linux**, and MSVC on **Windows**.
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For **Mac OS X**, or as it is now branded, **macOS**, if you want to
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GCC on **Linux**, and MSVC on **Windows**. For **macOS**, if you want to
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compile Biopython from source you will need to have installed Apple's
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command line tools, which can de done with the terminal command:
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### Required Software
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- [Python 3.6, 3.7 or 3.8](http://www.python.org) or PyPy,
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including the Python development header files like ``python.h``
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- [Python 3](http://www.python.org) or PyPy (a version supported by
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the version of Biopython you wish to install), including the Python
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development header files like ``python.h`` (if compiling from source)
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- [C compiler (if compiling from
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source)](https://docs.python.org/3/using/index.html) You
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need a C compiler supported by ``setuptools``, **gcc** will work fine on
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UNIX-like platforms. This is not needed on Windows if using the
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compiled packages provided. On Mac OS, you should install
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UNIX-like platforms. Try MSVC on Windows. On macOS, you should install
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Apple's the compiler tools as described above.
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- [NumPy (Numerical Python)](https://numpy.org/).
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