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@@ -122,4 +122,15 @@ Users should include this line in any shell scripts calling VASE:
 
 ```
 export PYTHONPATH=/home/u035/project/software/lib/python3.6/site-packages
-```
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+```
+
+## XlsxWriter
+
+```
+cd /home/u035/project/software/install
+git clone https://github.com/jmcnamara/XlsxWriter.git
+cd XlsxWriter
+/home/u035/project/software/bcbio/anaconda/bin/python3 setup.py install --prefix /home/u035/project/software
+```
+
+See above for PYTHONPATH.
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