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Expand Up @@ -31,6 +31,11 @@ The easiest way to install and use pip is with `virtualenv
<http://www.virtualenv.org>`_, since every virtualenv has pip (and it's dependencies) installed into it
automatically.

.. note::

If you do not have virtualenv installed, you can :ref:`install pip globally <Installing Globally>`
using :ref:`get-pip <Using get-pip>`.

This does not require root access or modify your system Python
installation. For instance::

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