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+Installation Guides
+-------------------
+
+### [Ubuntu 16.04](/contrib/ubuntu1604deploy) ###
+Scripts and notes for deployment under Ubuntu 16.04.
+
+### [Raspberry Pi 3](/contrib/raspberrypi3deploy) ###
+Scripts and notes for deployment on Raspberry Pi 3.
+
diff --git a/contrib/raspberrypi3deploy/install_electrumx.sh b/contrib/raspberrypi3deploy/install_electrumx.sh
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+###################
+# install electrumx
+###################
+
+# upgrade raspbian to 'stretch' distribution for python 3.5 support
+sudo echo 'deb http://mirrordirector.raspbian.org/raspbian/ testing main contrib non-free rpi' > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/stretch.list
+sudo apt-get update
+sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
+sudo apt-get autoremove
+
+# install electrumx dependencies
+sudo apt-get install python3-pip
+sudo apt-get install build-essential libc6-dev
+sudo apt-get install libncurses5-dev libncursesw5-dev libreadline6-dev
+sudo apt-get install libleveldb-dev
+sudo apt-get install git
+sudo pip3 install plyvel
+sudo pip3 install irc
+
+# install electrumx
+git clone https://github.com/kyuupichan/electrumx.git
+cd electrumx
+sudo python3 setup.py install
+
diff --git a/contrib/raspberrypi3deploy/run_electrumx.sh b/contrib/raspberrypi3deploy/run_electrumx.sh
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+###############
+# run_electrumx
+###############
+
+# configure electrumx
+export COIN=Bitcoin
+export DAEMON_URL=http://rpcuser:rpcpassword@127.0.0.1
+export NETWORK=mainnet
+export CACHE_MB=400
+export DB_DIRECTORY=/home/username/.electrumx/db
+export SSL_CERTFILE=/home/username/.electrumx/certfile.crt
+export SSL_KEYFILE=/home/username/.electrumx/keyfile.key
+export BANNER_FILE=/home/username/.electrumx/banner
+export DONATION_ADDRESS=your-donation-address
+
+# connectivity
+export HOST=
+export TCP_PORT=50001
+export SSL_PORT=50002
+
+# visibility
+export IRC=
+export IRC_NICK=hostname
+export REPORT_HOST=hostname.com
+export RPC_PORT=8000
+
+# run electrumx
+ulimit -n 10000
+/usr/local/bin/electrumx_server.py 2>> /home/username/.electrumx/electrumx.log >> /home/username/.electrumx/electrumx.log &
+
+######################
+# auto-start electrumx
+######################
+
+# add this line to crontab -e
+# @reboot /path/to/run_electrumx.sh
+
+
diff --git a/contrib/ubuntu1604deploy/python-3.6.sh b/contrib/ubuntu1604deploy/python-3.6.sh
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+Installation of Python 3.6
+--------------------------
+
+sudo add-apt-repository ppa:jonathonf/python-3.6
+sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install python3.6 python3.6-dev
+
+cd /home/username
+git clone https://github.com/kyuupichan/electrumx.git
+cd electrumx
+sudo python3.6 setup.py install
+