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+GRPC Python
+=========
+
+The Python facility of GRPC.
+
+
+Prerequisites
+-----------------------
+
+Python 2.7, virtualenv, pip, libprotobuf-dev, and libprotoc-dev.
+
+
+Building from source
+----------------------
+
+- Build the GRPC core
+E.g, from the root of the grpc [git repo](https://github.com/google/grpc)
+```
+$ make shared_c static_c
+```
+
+- Use build_python.sh to build the Python code and install it into a virtual environment
+```
+$ tools/run_tests/build_python.sh
+```
+
+
+Testing
+-----------------------
+
+- Use run_python.sh to run GRPC as it was installed into the virtual environment
+```
+$ tools/run_tests/run_python.sh
+```