diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
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index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..f374f6662e9a1983e9b8a534a3295df618772ffe
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+++ b/VERSION
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+0.9.1
diff --git a/install.sh b/install.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Script to install binarycpython in the current venv
+
+VERSION_NUMBER=$(cat "VERSION")
+echo "installing binarcpython version $VERSION_NUMBER"
+
+python setup.py clean
+pip uninstall binarycpython
+python setup.py build --force
+python setup.py sdist
+pip install -v dist/binarycpython-$VERSION_NUMBER.tar.gz