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README.rst

@@ -87,19 +87,21 @@ Requirements
         (standard library)
 
 *   `GFFT <https://github.com/mrbell/gfft>`_ (v0.1.0) - Generalized Fast
-    Fourier Transformations for Python
+    Fourier Transformations for Python - **optional**
 
 *   `HEALPy <https://github.com/healpy/healpy>`_ (v1.4 without openmp) - A
-    Python wrapper for `HEALPix <http://sourceforge.net/projects/healpix/>`_
+    Python wrapper for `HEALPix <http://sourceforge.net/projects/healpix/>`_ -
+     - **optional**
 
 *   `libsharp-wrapper <https://github.com/mselig/libsharp-wrapper>`_ (v0.1.2
     without openmp) - A Python wrapper for the
-    `libsharp <http://sourceforge.net/projects/libsharp/>`_ library
+    `libsharp <http://sourceforge.net/projects/libsharp/>`_ library -
+    **optional**
 
 Download
 ........
 
-The latest release is tagged **v0.9.0** and is available as a source package
+The latest release is tagged **v1.0.6** and is available as a source package
 at `<https://github.com/mselig/nifty/tags>`_. The current version can be
 obtained by cloning the repository::
 
@@ -109,7 +111,17 @@ obtained by cloning the repository::
 Installation
 ............
 
-NIFTY is installed using Distutils by running the following command::
+(a) NIFTY can be installed using **pip** by running the following command::
+
+    pip install nifty
+
+Alternatively, a private or user specific installation can be done by::
+
+    pip install --user nifty
+
+
+(b) NIFTY can be installed using **Distutils** by running the
+following command::
 
     python setup.py install