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 * `$BATS_TMPDIR` is the location to a directory that may be used to
 store temporary files.
 
+## Installing Bats
+
+Bats is available as an NPM package. Install NPM (bundled with Node.js), then install Bats with
+
+```bash
+npm install -g bats
+```
 
 ## Installing Bats from source