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 ## Windows Installation of Dependencies
 1. Download and install [Python 2.7+](https://www.python.org/)
-2. Download and install [beauitful soup 4](http://www.crummy.com/software/BeautifulSoup/) (bs4)
-  - Method 1: 
-    1. Get the python package manager, [pip](https://pip.pypa.io/en/latest/installing.html).  This involves downloading `get-pip.py` and running it from command line.
-    2. Run `pip install beautifulsoup4` from the command line to install BeautifulSoup
-  - Alternate [installation methods](http://www.crummy.com/software/BeautifulSoup/bs4/doc/#installing-beautiful-soup) for bs4
+2. Get the necessary python libraries using the python package manager ([pip](https://pip.pypa.io/en/latest/installing.html)).
+  - Python 2.7.9 and later (on the python2 series), and Python 3.4 and later include pip by default, so you may have pip already.  It is typically stored in `C:/PythonXX/Scripts`.  To access it from command line, you will need to add the location of your `Scripts` folder to your path variable (see this [guide](http://windowsitpro.com/systems-management/how-can-i-add-new-folder-my-system-path)).
+  - Download and install [beauitful soup 4](http://www.crummy.com/software/BeautifulSoup/) (bs4).  Run `pip install beautifulsoup4` from the command line to install BeautifulSoup.
+  - Download and install [libsass](https://github.com/dahlia/libsass-python): `pip install libsass`
 3. Download and install pandoc using the latest windows installer (.msi) from [here](https://github.com/jgm/pandoc/releases)
 4. Download and install MiKTeX using the windows installer from [here](http://miktex.org/download)
   - When installing, check the box for "Install Packages on the Fly."  The pandoc -> PDF pipeline uses latex packages that don't all come standard with MiKTeX, so this will allow you to grab any missing packages when building the book for the first time.
-5. Download and install [libsass](https://github.com/dahlia/libsass-python)
-  - Using pip: `pip install libsass`
 
 ## Debian (Linux)
 1. install packages: ```sudo apt-get install python-pip python2.7-dev git pandoc ruby-sass texlive```