Add conda installation instructions to the README

moeyensj · May 21, 2021 · 3b70b9b · 3b70b9b
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@@ -18,7 +18,38 @@ Warning: The THOR code is still in very active development.
 
 The corresponding notebook repository can be found at: https://github.com/moeyensj/thor_notebooks
 
-We recommend installing the code along one of two installation paths: either a source code installation, or an installation via docker. 
+The following installation paths are available:  
+[Anaconda](#Anaconda)  
+[Docker](#Docker)  
+[Source](#Source)  
+
+### Anaconda
+`thor` can be downloaded directly from anaconda:  
+```conda install -c moeyensj thor```
+
+Or, if preferred, installed into its own environment via:  
+```conda create -n thor_py38 -c moeyensj thor python=3.8```
+
+### Docker
+
+A Docker container with the latest version of the code can be pulled using:  
+
+```docker pull moeyensj/thor:latest```
+
+To run the container:  
+
+```docker run -it moeyensj/thor:latest```
+
+The THOR code is installed the /projects directory, and is by default also installed in the container's Python installation. 
+To access the code in Python: 
+```
+(base) root@202110177eee:/# python
+Python 3.6.9 |Anaconda, Inc.| (default, Jul 30 2019, 19:07:31) 
+[GCC 7.3.0] on linux
+Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
+>>> import thor
+>>> 
+```
 
 ### Source
 Clone this repository using either `ssh` or `https`. Once cloned and downloaded, `cd` into the repository. 
@@ -51,25 +82,4 @@ Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
 >>> 
 ```
 
-### Docker
-
-A Docker container with the latest version of the code can be pulled using:  
-
-```docker pull moeyensj/thor:latest```
-
-To run the container:  
-
-```docker run -it moeyensj/thor:latest```
-
-The THOR code is installed the /projects directory, and is by default also installed in the container's Python installation. 
-To access the code in Python: 
-```
-(base) root@202110177eee:/# python
-Python 3.6.9 |Anaconda, Inc.| (default, Jul 30 2019, 19:07:31) 
-[GCC 7.3.0] on linux
-Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
->>> import thor
->>> 
-```
-
 **If you would like to run Jupyter Notebook or Juptyter Lab with THOR please see the installation instructions in the THOR notebooks repository.**