From e51a29ef17650ea5732658749d7ef013dfbc4934 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Giovanni Bussi <giovanni.bussi@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 27 May 2019 12:51:56 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Updated conda instructions to conda-forge channel
---
CHANGES/v2.5.md | 2 +-
user-doc/Installation.md | 22 ++++++++++++++++------
2 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
diff --git a/CHANGES/v2.5.md b/CHANGES/v2.5.md
index 87be24a4d..0aaf83f2a 100644
--- a/CHANGES/v2.5.md
+++ b/CHANGES/v2.5.md
@@ -187,4 +187,4 @@ For users:
- `Plumed` object can be explicitly finalized using `finalize()`. Can be used to make sure all files are closed,
but it is not necessary if the `Plumed` object gets correctly collected by Python.
- `Plumed` object can be used in context managers (e.g. `with plumed.Plumed() as p:`).
-- Precompiled binaries are available on [Anaconda cloud](https://anaconda.org/plumed/plumed).
+- Precompiled binaries are available on Anaconda cloud on the [conda-forge channel](https://anaconda.org/conda-forge/plumed).
diff --git a/user-doc/Installation.md b/user-doc/Installation.md
index 527e2bdb9..d9ed5b969 100644
--- a/user-doc/Installation.md
+++ b/user-doc/Installation.md
@@ -630,16 +630,26 @@ gromacs once for all and combine it with your working version of PLUMED.
If you use the conda package manager you can install a precompiled PLUMED binary using the following command:
\verbatim
-> conda install -c plumed/label/testing plumed
+> conda install -c conda-forge plumed
+\endverbatim
+Similarly, the python wrappers can be installed with
+\verbatim
+> conda install -c conda-forge py-plumed
\endverbatim
-\warning Currently this is a test version. Starting with PLUMED 2.5.2 it will be possible to download
-the latest official release.
+These packages are part of [conda-forge](https://anaconda.org/conda-forge) and as such should be binary compatible
+with other codes from the same distribution. Notice that it should also be possible to combine the installed
+plumed kernel with an MD code compiled outside of conda (or within a different conda environment)
+if plumed is linked in runtime mode.
+The only variable that you need to set in order to access to the installed plumed kernel is
+`PLUMED_KERNEL` (e.g., `export PLUMED_KERNEL=/conda/prefix/lib/libplumedKernel.so`).
Notice that binaries are only available for Linux and MacOS and that they have a limited number of features.
-In particular, they do not support MPI, nor the other optional libraries used by PLUMED, and do not
-include optional modules. However, they can be used to quickly install a working PLUMED version
-without the need to have a compiler.
+In particular, they do not support MPI and do not include optional modules.
+However, they can be used to quickly install a working PLUMED version without the need to have a compiler.
+
+Notice that there are additional conda packages on the [plumed](https://anaconda.org/plumed/plumed) channel.
+Those packages are for testing only.
\section installingonacluster Installing PLUMED on a cluster
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