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 # brainglobe-utils
 Shared general purpose tools for the BrainGlobe project
+
+## Installation
+
+```bash
+pip install brainglobe-utils
+```
+To also include the dependencies required for `napari`, use:
+```bash
+pip install brainglobe-utils[napari]
+```
+
+For development, clone this repository and install the dependencies with one of the following commands:
+```bash
+pip install -e .[dev]
+pip install -e .[dev,napari]
+```
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