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@@ -9,6 +9,9 @@ For a Leaflet 0.5 compatible version, [Download b128e950](https://github.com/Lea
 For a Leaflet 0.4 compatible version, [Download the 0.2 release](https://github.com/Leaflet/Leaflet.markercluster/archive/0.2.zip)
 
 ## Using the plugin
+
+Install with Bower: `bower install leaflet.markercluster`
+
 See the included examples for usage.
 
 The [realworld example](http://leaflet.github.com/Leaflet.markercluster/example/marker-clustering-realworld.388.html) is a good place to start, it uses all of the defaults of the clusterer.
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+{
+    "name": "leaflet.markercluster",
+    "version": "0.4.0",
+    "homepage": "https://github.com/Leaflet/Leaflet.markercluster",
+    "authors": [
+        "Dave Leaver <danzel@localhost.geek.nz>"
+    ],
+    "description": "Marker Clustering plugin for Leaflet.",
+    "main": "dist/leaflet.markercluster.js",
+    "license": "MIT",
+    "ignore": [
+        "**/.*",
+        "node_modules",
+        "bower_components",
+        "test",
+        "tests"
+    ]
+}
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