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 This plugin displays and hides a splash screen during application launch.
 
-## Installation
+## Installation 
 
+    // npm hosted (new) id
     cordova plugin add cordova-plugin-splashscreen
-
+    // you may also install directly from this repo
+    cordova plugin add https://github.com/apache/cordova-plugin-splashscreen.git
 
 ## Supported Platforms