move specific version installation to docs

README.rst

@@ -61,22 +61,18 @@ first, to isolate the installed version and dependencies from your master
 environment (this is optional).
 
 
-The following command will set up a conda virtual environment using mamba, add the
-necessary package channels, and install ctapipe specified version and its dependencies::
+The latest version of ``ctapipe`` can be installed via::
 
-  CTAPIPE_VER=0.17.0
-  wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/cta-observatory/ctapipe/v$CTAPIPE_VER/environment.yml
-  mamba env create -n cta -f environment.yml
-  mamba activate cta
-  mamba install -c conda-forge ctapipe=$CTAPIPE_VER
+  mamba install -c conda-forge ctapipe
 
-**Note**: this environment contains many useful packages that are not strictly requirements of ctapipe.
-To get only ctapipe and its direct dependencies, just do ``mamba install -c conda-forge ctapipe[=<version>]`` in an environment
-of your choice. 
+or via::
+
+  pip install ctapipe
+
+**Note**: to install a specific version of ctapipe take look at the documentation `here <https://cta-observatory.github.io/ctapipe/getting_started_users>`_.
 
 **Note**: ``mamba`` is a C++ reimplementation of conda and can be found `here <https://github.com/mamba-org/mamba>`_.
 
-The file *environment.yml* can be found in this repo. 
 Note this is *pre-alpha* software and is not yet stable enough for end-users (expect large API changes until the first stable 1.0 release).
 
 Developers should follow the development install instructions found in the

docs/getting_started_users/index.rst

@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+
+.. _getting_started_users:
+
+*************************
+Getting Started For Users
+*************************
+
+.. warning::
+
+   The following guide is for *users*. As of now this will just cover
+   the basic installation procedure. This guide will be extended in
+   the future.
+
+
+------------------------
+Get the ctapipe software
+------------------------
+
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
+How to get the latest version
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
+
+We recommend using the ``mamba`` package manager, which is a C++ reimplementation of ``conda``.
+It can be found `here <https://github.com/mamba-org/mamba>`_.
+Once you created a new virtual environment, you can install ``ctapipe`` with the following command::
+
+  mamba install -c conda-forge ctapipe
+
+or with pip::
+
+  pip install ctapipe
+
+
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
+How to get a specific version
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
+
+To install a specific version of ``ctapipe`` you can use the following command::
+  
+  mamba install -c conda-forge ctapipe==0.17.0
+
+or with pip::
+
+  pip install ctapipe==0.17.0

docs/index.rst

@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ General documentation
   :maxdepth: 1
   :glob:
 
+  getting_started_users/index
   getting_started/index
   development/index
   tutorials/index