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+Installation and setup
+======================
+
+Ubuntu
+------
+
+For better or worse, ``teuthology`` was originally written with Ubuntu in mind.
+Thus, a bootstrap script is provided that will do everything for you assuming
+you have ``sudo``::
+
+ ./bootstrap
+
+MacOS X
+-------
+
+The ``bootstrap`` script was recently updated to support MacOS X using `homebrew <http://brew.sh/>`_::
+
+ ./bootstrap
+
+**Note**: Certain features might not work properly on MacOS X. Patches are
+encouraged, but it has never been a goal of ours to run a full ``teuthology``
+setup on a Mac.
+
+Other operating systems
+-----------------------
+
+Patches are welcomed to add ``bootstrap`` support for other operating systems. Until then, manual installs are possible
+
+First install the non-PyPI dependencies::
+
+ python-dev python-pip python-virtualenv libevent-dev python-libvirt
+
+Next, clone its `git repository <https://github.com/ceph/teuthology/>`__,
+create a `virtualenv <http://virtualenv.readthedocs.org/en/latest/>`__, and
+install dependencies::
+
+ git clone https://github.com/ceph/teuthology/
+ cd teuthology
+ virtualenv ./virtualenv
+ source virtualenv/bin/activate
+ pip install --upgrade pip
+ pip install -r requirements.txt
+ python setup.py develop
+
+
+Teuthology in PyPI
+------------------
+
+However if you prefer, you may install ``teuthology`` from `PyPI <http://pypi.python.org>`__::
+
+ pip install teuthology
+
+
+**Note**: The version in PyPI can be (*far*) behind the development version.
+