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From: Susan Redmond <43475978+sfr348@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2025 12:08:14 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Update README.md

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 ### DOCUMENTATION
 
 * The only non-standard library you need is PROPER, available only via download here: https://sourceforge.net/projects/proper-library/
-* To get started, add PROPER and falco-python to your PYTHONPATH. Then try running some scripts in the falco-python/examples/ folder starting with EXAMPLE_main* or demo_*.
+* To get started, add PROPER and falco-python to your PYTHONPATH.
+* cd into falco-python home directory and run:
+```
+python -m pip install .
+```
+* Then try running some scripts in the falco-python/examples/ folder starting with EXAMPLE_main* or demo_*.
 * Documentation on specific usage cases is available at the Matlab version's Github Wiki at https://github.com/ajeldorado/falco-matlab/wiki.
 * For an overview of FALCO and its uses, refer to the SPIE conference paper "Fast Linearized Coronagraph Optimizer (FALCO) I: A software toolbox for rapid coronagraphic design and wavefront correction".
 DOI: 10.1117/12.2313812