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Update installation instructions for Anaconda and Conda
Correct some confusion and inconsistencies. Co-authored-by: Richard West <r.west@northeastern.edu> Co-authored-by: Akshat Zalte <56800291+akshatzalte@users.noreply.github.com>
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Alternative Install: Binary Installation Using Anaconda
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If you are accustomed to using the Anaconda package manager or cannot tolerate the storage overhead of Docker, installation from conda is also available.
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This is recommended for users who want to use RMG out of the box and are not interested in changing the RMG code or making many additions to RMG's thermodynamic and kinetics databases.
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If this does interest you, please see the Developer Install below.
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If you are accustomed to using the Anaconda package manager or cannot tolerate the storage overhead of Docker, installation from Conda is also available.
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This is recommended for users who want to use RMG out of the box and are not interested in changing the RMG code or making many additions to RMG's thermodynamic and kinetics databases.
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Installation by Conda without compiling from source is limited to `specific versions of RMG-Py <https://anaconda.org/RMG/rmg>`_ .
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If you would like to use the latest version or plan to modify the code or databases, please refer to the Developer Installation instructions below.
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Developer Install: Installation from Source
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RMG-Py can be built from source using the Anaconda Python Platform to assist in installing all necessary dependencies.
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This is recommended for a developer who may be altering the RMG source code or someone who expects to manipulate the databases extensively.
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You will also be able to access the latest source code updates and patches through Github.
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It is also currently the only option to avoid the storage and memory overhead of Docker.
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Installation by Conda without compiling from source is limited to `older versions of RMG-Py <https://anaconda.org/RMG/rmg>`_ and is not currently recommended (but would follow instructions below if you needed).
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RMG-Py can be built from source using the Anaconda package manager to assist in installing all necessary dependencies.
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This is recommended for a developer who may be altering the RMG source code or someone who expects to manipulate the databases.
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You will also be able to access the latest source code updates and patches through GitHub.
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