From a5c60c79af8412522cbae26cf5d24f51c966cb4b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: =?UTF-8?q?Andreas=20Sj=C3=B6din?= Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2018 00:02:02 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Extend conda section (#427) * Extend conda section I added additional information about the conda install. It is important to setup channels correctly in advance to be able to use the conda install command. An alternative is to add channels together with the install command using `-c`. --- README.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index cb827de9b6..453d96d929 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ these. ### Installation with conda -You can also use conda: +Bioconda is a channel for the [conda](http://conda.pydata.org/docs/intro.html) package manager with a focus on bioinformatics software. After installing conda you will need to add the bioconda channel as well as the [other channels](https://bioconda.github.io/index.html#set-up-channels) bioconda depends on. Once you have setup bioconda, you can install sourmash by running: ```bash $ conda create -n sourmash_env sourmash python=3.6.4