Merge pull request #708 from wkerzendorf/installation_update

Add new installation instructions

docs/installation.rst

@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@ Installation
 ************
 
 Before installing TARDIS, please check its :ref:`requirements
-<requirements_label>`. We provide instructions for multiple ways of installing
-TARDIS here, but we strongly recommend to follow the Anaconda :ref:`guide
+<requirements_label>`. We provide instructions for installing TARDIS using
+    Anaconda :ref:`guide
 <anaconda_inst_label>`. If you encounter problems, consult the
 :ref:`troubleshooting <troubleshooting_inst_label>` section. Once you have
 installed TARDIS, check out :doc:`running` for instructions of how to perform
@@ -20,19 +20,15 @@ Requirements
 .. warning::
     TARDIS only works on 64-bit python installations.
 
-The requirements for running TARDIS are easy to install using package managers like
-OS X's macports or Linux package managers or using the Anaconda python
-distribution.
-
 You can see a list of all the requirements of TARDIS in the `environment definition file <https://raw.githubusercontent.com/tardis-sn/tardis/master/tardis_env27.yml>`_.
 
 TARDIS is using astropy's excellent installation helpers and thus uses similar
 instructions to astropy.
 
 .. _anaconda_inst_label:
 
-Installing TARDIS with Anaconda (recommended)
-=============================================
+Installing TARDIS with Anaconda
+===============================
 
 We highly recommend using the Anaconda python environment to install TARDIS (or
 any other scientific packages for that matter). Anaconda has the advantage of
@@ -63,99 +59,16 @@ and after you are done with TARDIS you can deactivate::
 One does not need to recreate the environment, but simply activate it every time
 TARDIS is used.
 
-To install the latest stable version of TARDIS simply do::
-
-    pip install tardis-sn
-
-or to use the development version::
-
-    pip install git+https://github.com/tardis-sn/tardis
-
-Installing TARDIS with virtualenv
-==================================
-
-
-A virtual environment is python's way to ensure that the versions of third-party libraries
-that TARDIS requires do not interfere with the system-wide installation. This
-is also the way that the majority of core developers for TARDIS operate.
-
-It is nevertheless recommended to install a number of python packages using the
-system packagemanager. This ensures that third-party non-python libraries like
-`libhdf5`, `lapack`, etc. are installed.
-
-For OS X we recommend the `macports <http://www.macports.org/install.php>`_ package
-manager::
-
-    sudo port install python27 py27-scipy py27-numpy py27-virtualenv py27-astropy py27-h5py py27-yaml py27-pandas py27-pip py27-tables
-
-In Ubuntu 14.04 the pre-requesite install works with this::
-
-    sudo apt-get install python-virtualenv python-numpy python-pandas python-scipy python-h5py python-yaml ipython python-matplotlib cython git
-
-First use the following guide to install virtualenv and the TARDIS requirements
-:doc:`workflow/python_environment`.
-
-After the virtualenv and the requirements are installed, there are a few options
-of how to proceed.
-
-If one just wants to use TARDIS you can install the latest stable version::
-
-    pip install tardis-sn
-
-the latest development version can be installed using::
+Since TARDIS has reached a mature state, we recommend always installing the latest development version::
 
     pip install git+https://github.com/tardis-sn/tardis
 
-If you are interested in doing some development for TARDIS please read
-:doc:`workflow/development_workflow`.
-
-
-Once you are done you can run the simple example listed in :doc:`running`.
-
-
-
-Installing TARDIS system-wide (not recommended)
-===============================================
-
-On Ubuntu (14.04)
------------------
-
-We use a clean install of Ubuntu 14.04 as one of our testing grounds. Here's how we get TARDIS to run::
-
-    sudo apt-get install python-dev python-pip python-numpy python-scipy python-h5py python-pandas python-yaml
-
-We now need to install the newest astropy and we will install everything into our users directory::
 
-    pip install astropy --user
-    
-Once astropy is installed, install TARDIS::
+To install the latest stable version of TARDIS simply do (usually outdated)::
 
     pip install tardis-sn
 
-.. note::
-    pip often tries to take care of many of the dependencies, this might be annoying as they already exist.
-     Adding `--no-deps` will help with this problem.
-
-
-On MAC OS X (10.8.5)
---------------------
-
-On a clean install of Mountain Lion, here's how we get TARDIS running::
-
-First install `macports <http://www.macports.org/install.php>`_
-
-Use macports to install::
-
-    sudo port install python27 py27-astropy py27-h5py py27-yaml py27-pandas py27-pip
-
-Then install TARDIS::
-
-    pip-2.7 install tardis-sn --user --pre
-
-Before running, ensure that the directory ~/Library/Python/2.7/bin is in the appropriate path.
 
-.. note::
-    This has also been successfully tested on a clean MAC OS 10.9.1 (Mavericks) install.
 
 
 .. _troubleshooting_inst_label: