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The following table is an overview of commands and their implications:

`sudo apt-get install python-bs4`	This command is used for installing Python using a package manger in Linux.
`sudo pip install beautifulsoup4`	This command is used for installing Python using `pip`.
`sudo easy_install beautifulsoup4`	This command is used for installing Python using `easy_install`.
`python setup.py install`	This command is used for installing Python using `setup.py`.
`from bs4 import BeautifulSoup`	This command is used for verifying installation.

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