Update installation instructions in docs
@@ -3,19 +3,22 @@ Installation
:code:`spikeinterface` is a Python package. It can be installed using pip:
-.. code-block:: python
+.. code-block:: bash
pip install spikeinterface
+The pip installation will install a specific and fixed version of the spikeinterface packages.
-If you want to install from the source so that you are up-to-date with the latest development, you can install with:
+To use the latest updates, install `spikeinterface` and the related packages from source:
.. code-block:: bash
- git clone https://github.com/SpikeInterface/spikeinterface
+ git clone https://github.com/SpikeInterface/spikeinterface.git
cd spikeinterface
python setup.py install (or develop)
+
+
Requirements
------------
@@ -28,6 +31,14 @@ They are installed when using the pip installer for :code:`spikeinterface`.
- spikecomparison
- spikewidgets
+
+If you installed :code:`spikeinterface` from source, you can install the latest releases of the spikeinterface packages:
+
+.. code-block:: bash
+
+ pip install --upgrade spikeextractors spiketoolkit spikesorters spikecomparison spikewidgets
+
+
You can also install each package from GitHub to keep up with the latest updates. In order to do so, for example for
:code:`spikeextractors`, run:
