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README.md

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 * [Latest release with binary](https://github.com/PacificBiosciences/HiPhase/releases/latest)
 
 ## Documentation
+* [Installation instructions](docs/install.md)
 * [User guide with quickstart](docs/user_guide.md)
 * [Output files](docs/user_guide.md#output-files)
 * [Methods](docs/methods.md)

docs/install.md

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+# Installing HiPhase
+## Instructions
+1. Navigate to the [latest release](https://github.com/PacificBiosciences/HiPhase/releases/latest) and download the tarball file (e.g. `hiphase-{version}-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu.tar.gz`).
+2. Decompress the tar file.
+3. (Optional) Verify the md5 checksum.
+4. Test the binary file by running it with the help option (`-h`).
+5. Visit the [User guide](./user_guide.md) for details on running HiPhase.
+
+## Example with v0.7.2
+```bash
+# modify this to update the version
+VERSION="v0.7.2"
+# get the release file
+wget https://github.com/PacificBiosciences/HiPhase/releases/download/${VERSION}/hiphase-${VERSION}-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu.tar.gz
+# decompress the file into folder ${VERSION}
+tar -xzvf hiphase-${VERSION}-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu.tar.gz
+cd hiphase-${VERSION}-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
+# optional, check the md5 sum
+md5sum -c hiphase.md5
+# execute help instructions
+./hiphase -h
+```