From b989888cf68d04be396411f12127c771211602ab Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: dave <dave@dtu.dk>
Date: Mon, 28 Nov 2016 10:07:02 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] installation docs: add--no-channel-priority when installing
 from conda-forge

---
 docs/developer-guide.md | 9 ++++++++-
 docs/install.md         | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/docs/developer-guide.md b/docs/developer-guide.md
index 48494c6..104d66f 100644
--- a/docs/developer-guide.md
+++ b/docs/developer-guide.md
@@ -143,9 +143,16 @@ Install the necessary Python dependencies using the conda package manager:
 ```
 >> conda install setuptools_scm future h5py pytables pytest nose sphinx
 >> conda install scipy pandas matplotlib cython xlrd coverage xlwt openpyxl psutil
->> conda install -c https://conda.anaconda.org/conda-forge pyscaffold pytest-cov
+>> conda install -c https://conda.anaconda.org/conda-forge pyscaffold pytest-cov --no-channel-priority
 ```
 
+Note that ```--no-channel-priority``` avoids that newer packages from the
+```conda-forge``` will be used instead of those from the default ```anaconda```
+channel. Depending on which packages get overwritten, this might brake your
+Anaconda root environment. As such, using ```--no-channel-priority``` should be
+be used for safety (especially when operating from the root environment).
+
+
 ## Get wetb
 
 Copy the https - link on the front page of your fork of wetb
diff --git a/docs/install.md b/docs/install.md
index 4d86e37..3c603fe 100644
--- a/docs/install.md
+++ b/docs/install.md
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ Install the necessary Python dependencies using the ```conda``` package manager:
 ```
 conda install setuptools_scm future h5py pytables pytest nose sphinx blosc
 conda install scipy pandas matplotlib cython xlrd coverage xlwt openpyxl psutil
-conda install -c https://conda.anaconda.org/conda-forge pyscaffold pytest-cov
+conda install -c https://conda.anaconda.org/conda-forge pyscaffold pytest-cov --no-channel-priority
 ```
 
 Now you can install ```wetb``` with ```pip``` (there is no ```conda``` package
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