Merge pull request #4705 from arsaboo/installation

Add instructions to install directly from Github.
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@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ shockingly simple if you know a little Python.
Install
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You can install beets by typing ``pip install beets``.
You can install beets by typing ``pip install beets`` or directly from Github (see details [here](https://beets.readthedocs.io/en/latest/faq.html#run-the-latest-source-version-of-beets)).
Beets has also been packaged in the `software repositories`_ of several
distributions. Check out the `Getting Started`_ guide for more information.

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@ -137,6 +137,8 @@ it's helpful to run on the "bleeding edge". To run the latest source:
``pip uninstall beets``.
2. Install from source. Choose one of these methods:
- Directly from GitHub using
``python -m pip install git+https://github.com/beetbox/beets.git`` command. Depending on your system, you may need to use ``pip3`` and ``python3`` instead of ``pip`` and ``python`` respectively.
- Use ``pip`` to install the latest snapshot tarball. Type:
``pip install https://github.com/beetbox/beets/tarball/master``
- Grab the source using git. First, clone the repository: