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-.. include:: docs/installation.rst
+Installation
+------------
+
+To install use the `Anaconda Python distribution`_ with the
+`conda-forge channel`_
+
+.. _`Anaconda Python distribution`: https://www.continuum.io/anaconda-overview
+
+.. _`conda-forge channel`: https://conda-forge.org/
+
+.. code:: bash
+
+ conda config --add channels conda-forge
+ conda install pymedphys
+
+You can of course also use pip to install, but you may have trouble with some
+of the dependencies without conda
+
+.. code:: bash
+
+ pip install pymedphys
+
+To run a development install, which may often be required during the alpha
+development stage, clone this repository and then use pip
+
+.. code:: bash
+
+ git clone https://gitlab.com/pymedphys/pymedphys.git
+ cd pymedphys
+ pip install -e .
+
Contributing
------------
