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 For Windows, an independent C++ reimplementation can be found here:
 [cppcryptfs](https://github.com/bailey27/cppcryptfs)
 
+Installation
+------------
+Precompiled binaries that work on all x86_64 Linux systems are available for download from the github releases page.
+
+On Debian, gocryptfs is available as a deb package:
+```bash
+apt install gocryptfs
+```
+
+On Mac OS X, gocryptfs is available as a Homebrew formula:
+```bash
+brew install gocryptfs
+```
+
+On Fedora, gocryptfs is available as an rpm package:
+```bash
+sudo dnf install gocryptfs
+```
+See the [Quickstart](https://nuetzlich.net/gocryptfs/quickstart/) page for more info.
+
 Testing
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