diff --git a/docs/user/installation.rst b/docs/user/installation.rst index fda12de24..c2debfa55 100644 --- a/docs/user/installation.rst +++ b/docs/user/installation.rst @@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ Installing Python We recommend installing Python through Anaconda. Anaconda is a library that includes Python and many useful packages for Python, as well as an environment manager called conda that makes package management simple. -Follow `the installation instructions`_ for Anaconda here. Download and install Anaconda 3.x (at time of writing, 3.6). Then create a conda env for organizing packages used in Spinning Up: +Follow `the installation instructions`_ for Anaconda here. Download and install Anaconda3 (at time of writing, `Anaconda3-5.3.0`_). Then create a conda Python 3.6 env for organizing packages used in Spinning Up: .. parsed-literal:: @@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ To use Python from the environment you just created, activate the environment wi `FreeCodeCamp`_ has a good explanation worth reading. There's a shorter description on `Towards Data Science`_ which is also helpful and informative. Finally, if you're an extremely patient person, you may want to read the (dry, but very informative) `documentation page from Conda`_. .. _`the installation instructions`: https://docs.continuum.io/anaconda/install/ +.. _`Anaconda3-5.3.0`: https://repo.anaconda.com/archive/ .. _`FreeCodeCamp`: https://medium.freecodecamp.org/why-you-need-python-environments-and-how-to-manage-them-with-conda-85f155f4353c .. _`Towards Data Science`: https://towardsdatascience.com/environment-management-with-conda-python-2-3-b9961a8a5097 .. _`documentation page from Conda`: https://conda.io/docs/user-guide/tasks/manage-environments.html