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@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ Features
 Installation
 ------------
 
-To install `pathways` into a virtualenv:
+It's recommended to install `pathways` into a virtual environment:
 
 1. Clone the public repository::
 
@@ -48,22 +48,27 @@ To install `pathways` into a virtualenv:
 
     $ git clone ssh://git@git.scicore.unibas.ch:2222/TBRU/pathways.git
 
-2. Assuming you have Anaconda2 installed, with Conda, create a new environment for Python 3.5::
+2. Assuming you have Anaconda2 installed, with Conda, create a new environment with the Intel distribution for Python 3.6::
 
-    $ conda create -n pathways python=3.5 pip3
+    $ conda config --add channels intel
+    $ conda create -n pathways -c intel python=3.6 icu=58 scipy numpy pandas matplotlib
 
    PS: The conda environment should be stored at $HOME/.conda/envs
 
 3. Activate the environment and install python-igraph package from conda-forge::
 
     $ source activate pathways
-    $ conda install -c conda-forge python-igraph
+    $ conda install -c conda-forge python-igraph pycairo
 
 4. Install `pathways`::
 
     $ cd pathways
     $ python setup.py install
 
+   or::
+
+    $ pip install
+
 Documentation
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