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 <div class='install-instructions normal' markdown='1'>
 Installing and running Home Assistant on your local machine is easy. Make sure you have [Python 3.4 or higher](https://www.python.org/downloads/) installed and execute the following code in a console:
 
+<p class='note'>
+It's highly recommended to use a [virtual environment](https://docs.python.org/3.4/library/venv.html) aka `venv` to keep things separated. A virtual environment can be created by exceuting the following command: `pyvenv /path/where/you/home-assistant/` (or on some systems `pyvenv-3.4`). Then change to that the created directory and go the next step.
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+
 ```bash
 $ pip3 install homeassistant
 $ hass --open-ui