From 01d87f03862865585a61c845591d95037462ce81 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Neil Flood <neilflood@fastmail.fm>
Date: Tue, 3 Sep 2024 08:28:02 +1000
Subject: [PATCH] Add explicit instructions for setting the conda-forge channel
  (#85)

* Add explicit instructions for setting the conda-forge channel (see Issue 84)

* Add note about availability through Spack (have been meaning to do that for ages)
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 doc/source/index.rst | 9 ++++++++-
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/doc/source/index.rst b/doc/source/index.rst
index 316bf2c..c93239c 100644
--- a/doc/source/index.rst
+++ b/doc/source/index.rst
@@ -158,11 +158,18 @@ read the INSTALL.txt file included inside the source bundle.
 Pre-built binary `Conda <https://github.com/conda-forge/miniforge>`_ packages are available
 under the 'conda-forge' channel. Once you have installed
 `Conda <https://github.com/conda-forge/miniforge>`_, run the following commands on the
-command line to install python-fmask: ::
+command line to install python-fmask::
 
+    conda config --prepend channels conda-forge
+    conda config --set channel_priority strict
     conda create -n myenv python-fmask
     conda activate myenv
 
+For those using the `Spack package manager <https://spack.readthedocs.io/>`_,
+python-fmask is also available as::
+
+    spack install py-python-fmask
+
 Applications that use python-fmask
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