Allow for installation from web/directory

Allow for, and provide directions on, installing from the web or a downloaded directory.
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 * `dt_rename_file()` Rename a file through OS cmdline.
 
 Plus a set of functions to build and call modules' (packages') demos!
+## Installation
+For installing from Stata version \>=13
+
+``` stata
+. net install devtools, from(https://raw.github.com/gvegayon/devtools/master/) replace
+. mata mata mlib index
+```
+
+For Stata version \<12, download as zip, unzip, and then replace the above -net install- with
+
+``` stata
+. net install devtools, from(full_local_path_to_files) replace
+```
+
+For earlier versions of Stata, you will have to download the package and build it (run `build_devtools.do`) and then install from the directory.
+
 
 ## Authors
 George Vega (g dot vegayon at gmail dot com)

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+v 3
+d devtools Author: George Vega, James Fiedler
+
+p devtools Tools for the stata developer.