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+Python
+======
+
+Enables local Python package installation.
+
+Local Package Installation
+--------------------------
+
+Since version 2.6, Python supports per user package installation, as defined in
+[PEP 370][1].
+
+This module prepends per user site directories to the relevant path variables to
+enable the execution of user installed scripts and the reading of documentation.
+
+### Usage
+
+Install packages into the per user site directory with `easy_install --user` or
+`pip install --user`.
+
+virtualenvwrapper
+-----------------
+
+[virtualenvwrapper][2] is a frontend to the popular [virtualenv][3] utility.
+
+virtualenv creates isolated Python environments and virtualenvwrapper provides
+convenient shell functions to create, switch, and manage them.
+
+### Usage
+
+Install virtualenvwrapper and set [`$WORKON_HOME`][4] to the path where virtual
+environments will be stored.
+
+Authors
+-------
+
+*The authors of this module should be contacted via the GitHub issue tracker.*
+
+ - [Sorin Ionescu](/sorin-ionescu)
+ - [Sebastian Wiesner](/lunaryorn)
+
+[1]: http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0370/
+[2]: http://www.doughellmann.com/projects/virtualenvwrapper/
+[3]: http://pypi.python.org/pypi/virtualenv
+[4]: http://www.doughellmann.com/docs/virtualenvwrapper/#introduction
+