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@@ -4,6 +4,19 @@ Python based radio frequency satellite tracking.
 This is a python port of STRF (https://github.com/cbassa/strf), but will include additional functionality to work with SatNOGS HDF5 artifacts and advanced Doppler curve detection algorithms.
 
 ## Installation
+Install package dependencies:
+
+```
+sudo apt install python3-virtualenv python3-pip
+```
+
+Optionally, set up python virtual environment:
+
+```
+virtualenv -p python3 env
+source env/bin/activate
+pip install --upgrade pip
+```
 
 Install dependencies with
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