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Update README.md with clarifications 

+ Added new user clarification for installing from source with git clone.
? Right now it is not clear where the  fail2ban-0.11.0.tar.bz2 is available for download.
+ Added command for checking fail2ban version.
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@ -47,6 +47,12 @@ To install, just do:
cd fail2ban-0.11.0
python setup.py install
Alternatively, you can clone the source from GitHub to a directory of Your choice, and do the install from there. Pick the correct branch, for example, 0.11
git clone https://github.com/fail2ban/fail2ban
cd fail2ban
sudo python setup.py install
This will install Fail2Ban into the python library directory. The executable
scripts are placed into `/usr/bin`, and configuration under `/etc/fail2ban`.
@ -56,6 +62,9 @@ Fail2Ban should be correctly installed now. Just type:
to see if everything is alright. You should always use fail2ban-client and
never call fail2ban-server directly.
You can verify that you have the correct version installed with
sudo fail2ban-client version
Please note that the system init/service script is not automatically installed.
To enable fail2ban as an automatic service, simply copy the script for your