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Adding windows install instructions #1227

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36 changes: 36 additions & 0 deletions docs/source/getting_started/installation/index.rst
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.. code-block:: bash

% make install-dev

Step by Step Installation on Windows
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We recommend using starfish with a Windows Linux Subsystem (WSL)

Instructions on how to download and install a new WSL can be found here: `WSL install manual`_

.. _`WSL install manual`: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/install-manual

Once your WSL is running, run an apt-get update and install pip

.. code-block:: bash

% sudo apt-get update
% sudo apt-get install python3-pip

Clone the starfish repo

.. code-block:: bash

% git checkout [email protected]:spacetx/starfish.git
% cd starfish

Install and activate a virtualenv

.. code-block:: bash

% python3 -m pip install --user virtualenv
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% source venv/bin/activate

Finally, then install starfish:

.. code-block:: bash

% make install-dev