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+#Running Inselect on Ubuntu
+Ubuntu is not an officially supported platform. Most Inselect functionality (barcode reading being a notable exception) is usable if a number of Python packages are installed. The following instructions have been tested on Ubuntu 16.04 and should work on most recent Ubuntu releases.
+
+### Preparation
+```
+sudo apt-get install python-pyside python-pathlib python-opencv 
+sudo apt-get install python-unicodecsv python-humanize python-psutil python-pip
+
+pip install schematics
+```
+
+### Download Inselect
+```
+git@github.com:NaturalHistoryMuseum/inselect.git
+```
+
+### Running Inselect
+```
+cd inselect
+python inselect.py
+```