Merge remote-tracking branch 'origin/SjoerdMurris-patch-1'

README.md

@@ -14,13 +14,27 @@ Installation
 To install the stable release version of pycortex, do the following:
 
 ```bash
-# First, install some required dependencies (if not already installed)
-pip install -U setuptools wheel numpy cython
-# Install the latest release of pycortex from pip
-pip install -U pycortex
+# create a conda environment with Python 3
+# here we call it 'neuro' and assume the default Python for conda is Python 3
+conda create --name neuro  
+# activate the virtual environment
+conda activate neuro    
+# install some prerequisite packages
+pip install numpy Cython scipy h5py nibabel matplotlib Pillow numexpr tornado lxml networkx jupyter jupyterlab
+# install this adapted pycortex release
+git clone https://github.com/VisionandCognition/NHP-pycortex.git
+cd NHP-pycortex
+python setup.py develop
+
+# [Tip] If you're running into installation issues that are cython related: the following may help
+pip install Cython==0.29.36
+pip install scikit-learn==0.23 --no-build-isolation
+
 ```
 
-If you wish to install the development version of pycortex, you can install it directly from Github.
+```
+Pycortex uses a configuration file to specify where things are saved. Edit it to make it point to where you want your files.
+You can check the location of the filestore after installing by running:
 
 To do so, replace the second install line above with the following: