Point developers to the installation instructions in CONTRIBUTING.md

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### How to Install BigchainDB from Source ### How to Install BigchainDB from Source
BigchainDB (i.e. both the Server and the officially-supported drivers) is in its early stages and being actively developed on its [GitHub repository](https://github.com/bigchaindb/bigchaindb). Contributions are highly appreciated. If you want to help with development, then you'll want to install BigchainDB from source. Here's how. If you want to install BitchainDB from source because you want to contribute code (i.e. as a BigchainDB developer), then please see the instructions in [the `CONTRIBUTING.md` file](https://github.com/bigchaindb/bigchaindb/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md).
First, clone the public repository: Otherwise, clone the public repository:
```text ```text
$ git clone git@github.com:bigchaindb/bigchaindb.git $ git clone git@github.com:bigchaindb/bigchaindb.git
``` ```
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$ python setup.py install $ python setup.py install
``` ```
If you want to update BigchainDB to reflect the latest local source code changes, you can use:
```text
$ pip install -e .
```
### How to Install BigchainDB on a VM with Vagrant ### How to Install BigchainDB on a VM with Vagrant
One of our community members ([@Mec-Is](https://github.com/Mec-iS)) wrote [a page about how to install BigchainDB on a VM with Vagrant](https://gist.github.com/Mec-iS/b84758397f1b21f21700). One of our community members ([@Mec-Is](https://github.com/Mec-iS)) wrote [a page about how to install BigchainDB on a VM with Vagrant](https://gist.github.com/Mec-iS/b84758397f1b21f21700).