From d5b38ca053d7b6dcd3661c7d2b6192cfc40f57b1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Clint Valentine <valentine.clint@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 20 May 2024 17:14:38 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Add conda install instructions to README (#988)

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 .gitignore |  2 ++
 README.md  | 19 ++++++++++++++++++-
 2 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

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 .DS_Store
 target
 project/project
+.metals/
+.vscode/
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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 fgbio
 ====
 
-A set of tools to analyze genomic data with a focus on Next Generation Sequencing.  This readme document is mostly for developers/contributors and those attempting to build the project from source.
+A set of tools to analyze genomic data with a focus on Next Generation Sequencing.
+
+This readme document is mostly for developers/contributors and those attempting to build the project from source.
 Detailed user documentation is available on the [project website](http://fulcrumgenomics.github.io/fgbio/) including [tool usage](http://fulcrumgenomics.github.io/fgbio/tools/latest) and [documentation of metrics produced](http://fulcrumgenomics.github.io/fgbio/metrics/latest).  Detailed developer documentation can be found [here](http://javadoc.io/doc/com.fulcrumgenomics/fgbio_2.13).
 
 <!---toc start-->
+  * [Quick Installation](#quick-installation)
   * [Goals](#goals)
   * [Overview](#overview)
   * [List of tools](#list-of-tools)
@@ -27,6 +30,20 @@ Detailed user documentation is available on the [project website](http://fulcrum
 
 <!---toc end-->
 
+# Quick Installation
+
+The [conda](https://conda.io/) package manager (configured with [bioconda channels](https://bioconda.github.io/)) can be used to quickly install fgbio:
+
+```
+conda install fgbio
+```
+
+To install fgbio without extra dependencies (e.g. [R](https://www.r-project.org/)), use the command:
+
+```
+conda install fgbio-minimal
+```
+
 # Goals
 
 There are many toolkits available for analyzing genomic data; fgbio does not aim to be all things to all people but is specifically focused on providing: