diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
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+.PHONY: usage install uninstall
+usage:
+	@echo "Usage: make <target>, where target is one of:\n"
+	@echo "install:       install the library locally from source"
+	@echo "uninstall:     uninstall the local library"
+	@echo "python-readme: generate library/README.rst from README.md"
+	@echo "python-wheels: build python .whl files for distribution"
+	@echo "python-sdist:  build python source distribution"
+	@echo "python-clean:  clean python build and dist directories"
+	@echo "python-dist:   build all python distribution files" 
+
+install:
+	./install.sh
+
+uninstall:
+	./uninstall.sh
+
+python-readme: library/README.rst
+
+python-license: library/LICENSE.txt
+
+library/README.rst: README.md
+	pandoc --from=markdown --to=rst -o library/README.rst README.md
+
+library/LICENSE.txt: LICENSE
+	cp LICENSE library/LICENSE.txt
+
+python-wheels: python-readme python-license
+	cd library; python3 setup.py bdist_wheel
+	cd library; python setup.py bdist_wheel
+
+python-sdist: python-readme python-license
+	cd library; python setup.py sdist
+
+python-clean:
+	-rm -r library/dist
+	-rm -r library/build
+	-rm -r library/*.egg-info
+
+python-dist: python-clean python-wheels python-sdist
+	ls library/dist
+
+python-deploy: python-dist
+	twine upload library/dist/*
diff --git a/install.sh b/install.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+printf "BME680 Python Library: Installer\n\n"
+
+if [ $(id -u) -ne 0 ]; then
+	printf "Script must be run as root. Try 'sudo ./install.sh'\n"
+	exit 1
+fi
+
+cd library
+
+printf "Installing for Python 2..\n"
+python setup.py install
+
+if [ -f "/usr/bin/python3" ]; then
+	printf "Installing for Python 3..\n"
+	python3 setup.py install
+fi
+
+cd ..
+
+printf "Done!\n"
diff --git a/uninstall.sh b/uninstall.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+PACKAGE="bme680"
+
+printf "BME680 Python Library: Uninstaller\n\n"
+
+if [ $(id -u) -ne 0 ]; then
+	printf "Script must be run as root. Try 'sudo ./uninstall.sh'\n"
+	exit 1
+fi
+
+cd library
+
+printf "Unnstalling for Python 2..\n"
+pip uninstall $PACKAGE
+
+if [ -f "/usr/bin/pip3" ]; then
+	printf "Uninstalling for Python 3..\n"
+	pip3 uninstall $PACKAGE
+fi
+
+cd ..
+
+printf "Done!\n"