Document installing via Conda package manager#3792
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Conda is a cross-platform package and environment manager, primarily associated with the scientific computing and data science communities.
Originally, I was thinking of putting Conda in a separate section after the Windows section, since Conda probably isn't as well known or used. But reading through the readme again, it seems like arranging it like the other instructions makes more sense. I found myself trying to look for the instructions when I first read it in the MacOS section, but couldn't find the instructions.
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I have personally used Conda for other projects, but came across Mamba while researching for this PR. It officially launched in June 2020 and is a drop-in replacement for Conda. It has a respectable number of GitHub stars, but I don't know how widely used it is. The main goals are to be faster (written in C++, other major internal changes) and more open source than Conda (see blog post for details). Would it be worth it to add another row like below or only use Conda for now?
I'm leaning towards only using Conda, since it's more well-known. And, if you know about Mamba or use it, you probably know how to install packages from conda-forge; just knowing it's available on the conda-forge channel would be enough information. @olgabot (or anyone else), do you have any experience with Mamba? If so, do you have any feeling for how fast or slow Mamba is getting adopted? |
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This looks good to me!
I don't have particular feelings about Mamba. Let's wait and see whether it actually gets requested.
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Fixes #968.