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+# Basic Install
+
+For starters, if you just want to run `virt-manager/virt-install` to test out
+changes, it can be done from the source directory:
+```sh
+./virt-manager
+```
+
+To install the software into `/usr/local` (usually), you can do:
+```sh
+python setup.py install
+```
+
+To build an RPM, you can run:
+```sh
+python setup.py rpm
+```
+
+`setup.py` generally has all the build and install commands, for more info see:
+
+   - `python setup.py --help-commands`
+   - `python setup.py install --help`
+   - [Python Standard Build and Install](https://docs.python.org/2/install/#standard-build-and-install)
+
+
+## Pre-requisite software
+
+A detailed dependency list can be found in
+[virt-manager.spec.in](virt-manager.spec.in) file.
+
+Minimum version requirements of major components:
+
+   - python >= 2.7
+   - gtk3 >= 3.14
+   - libvirt-python >= 0.6.0
+   - pygobject3 >= 3.14
+   - libosinfo >= 0.2.10
+
+On Debian or Ubuntu based distributions, you need to install the
+`gobject-introspection` bindings for some depedencies like `libvirt-glib`
+and `libosinfo`. Look for package names that start with `'gir'`, for example
+`gir1.2-libosinfo-1.0`.