From 277934df51af72efc00be92e0a834874e3bbe396 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Silvio Traversaro <silvio@traversaro.it>
Date: Mon, 28 Oct 2024 10:02:09 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Update installation instructions to mention conda and force
 users to use venv on apt

---
 README.md | 25 ++++++++++++++-----------
 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 9d1ac2f..522de35 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -33,28 +33,31 @@ They will be installed in the installation step!
 
 ## :floppy_disk: Installation
 
-Install `python3`, if not installed (in **Ubuntu 20.04**):
+### Installation on Ubuntu with `apt`
 
-```bash
-sudo apt install python3.8
-```
-
- Install the library via pip:
+Install `python` and required tools, if not installed:
 
 ```bash
-
-pip install urdf-modifiers  
-
+sudo apt install python3 python3-venv python3-pip
 ```
 
-preferably in a [virtual environment](https://docs.python.org/3/library/venv.html#venv-def). For example:
+ Install the library in a [virtual environment](https://docs.python.org/3/library/venv.html#venv-def), to avoid interfering with the global system:
 
 ```bash
-pip install virtualenv
 python3 -m venv your_virtual_env
 source your_virtual_env/bin/activate
+pip install urdf-modifiers  
 ```
 
+### Installation on Linux/macOS/Windows with `conda`
+
+Create an environment with `urdf-modifiers`:
+
+~~~
+conda create -n urdfmodifiersenv urdf-modifiers
+conda activate urdfmodifiersenv
+~~~
+
 ## :rocket: Usage
 
 ### Link and Joint Modifier