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+Install
+=======
+
+Install with your favorite package manager
+
+Latest Release
+--------------
+Pip:
+
+.. code:: bash
+
+    pip install kafka-python
+
+Releases are also listed at https://github.com/mumrah/kafka-python/releases
+
+
+Bleeding-Edge
+-------------
+
+.. code:: bash
+
+    git clone https://github.com/mumrah/kafka-python
+    pip install ./kafka-python
+
+Setuptools:
+
+.. code:: bash
+
+    git clone https://github.com/mumrah/kafka-python
+    easy_install ./kafka-python
+
+Using `setup.py` directly:
+
+.. code:: bash
+
+    git clone https://github.com/mumrah/kafka-python
+    cd kafka-python
+    python setup.py install
+
+
+Optional Snappy install
+-----------------------
+
+Install Development Libraries
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+Download and build Snappy from http://code.google.com/p/snappy/downloads/list
+
+Ubuntu:
+
+.. code:: bash
+
+    apt-get install libsnappy-dev
+
+OSX:
+
+.. code:: bash
+
+    brew install snappy
+
+From Source:
+
+.. code:: bash
+
+    wget http://snappy.googlecode.com/files/snappy-1.0.5.tar.gz
+    tar xzvf snappy-1.0.5.tar.gz
+    cd snappy-1.0.5
+    ./configure
+    make
+    sudo make install
+
+Install Python Module
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+Install the `python-snappy` module
+
+.. code:: bash
+
+    pip install python-snappy