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 TOBIAS - Transcription factor Occupancy prediction By Investigation of ATAC-seq Signal 
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+[![PyPI version](https://badge.fury.io/py/tobias.png)](https://badge.fury.io/py/tobias)
+
 Introduction 
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@@ -19,7 +21,12 @@ For information on each tool, please see the [wiki](https://github.molgen.mpg.de
 
 Installation
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-TOBIAS is written as a python package and can be quickly installed within a conda environment using:
+TOBIAS is written as a python package and can be quickly installed via pip:
+```bash
+pip install tobias
+```
+
+or directly from github into a conda environment using:
 ```bash
 $ git clone https://github.molgen.mpg.de/loosolab/TOBIAS
 $ cd TOBIAS