Add installation instructions

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 --------
 
 m_Librarian is written in Python and requires Python 2.7. So install
-Python 2.7 first. Install required modules: SQLObject and m_lib.
+Python 2.7 first. Install required modules: SQLObject and m_lib. pip
+`installs <install.html>`_ required modules automatically.
 
 
 Library archives

diff --git a/docs/index.rst b/docs/index.rst
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 .. toctree::
    :maxdepth: 2
 
-   news
    before_begin
+   install
    command_line
+   news
 
 
 Indices and tables

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+Installation using pip
+======================
+
+System-wide
+-----------
+
+::
+
+    sudo pip install --find-links=http://phdru.name/Software/Python/ --no-index --install-option='-O2' m_librarian
+
+User mode
+---------
+
+::
+
+    pip install --find-links=http://phdru.name/Software/Python/ --no-index --install-option='-O2' --user m_librarian
+
+For Python 2.6 the command is easy_install.
+
+Installation from sources
+=========================
+
+To install the library from sources system-wide run run the following
+command:
+
+::
+
+    sudo python setup.py install -O2
+
+If you don't want to install it system-wide you can install it in your
+home directory; run run the following command:
+
+::
+
+    python setup.py install -O2 --user
+
+Option '--user' installs m_librarian into
+$HOME/.local/lib/python$MAJOR.$MINOR/site-packages/ where python finds it
+automatically. It also installs m_librarian scripts into $HOME/.local/bin;
+add the directory to your $PATH or move the scripts to a directory in your
+$PATH.