installation guide update

sphinx-doc/getting_started/InstallationGuide.rst

@@ -14,53 +14,66 @@ SaQC is tested to run with Python version from 3.7 to 3.9 on 64-bit operating sy
 Set up a virtual environment
 -----------------------------
 
-The exact process depends on your operating system and python version/distribution.
-The following sections should get you started on UNIX-like Systems and Windows.
+It is good practice to create new virtual environments for different projects. This
+helps keeping dependencies separated and avoids issues with conflicting versions of
+a single module. The exact process to setup such an environment depends on your operating
+system and python version/distribution. The following sections should get you started on
+UNIX-like Systems and Windows.
 
 
 On Unix/Mac-systems
 """""""""""""""""""
 
+On Unix-like systems the process is usually rather easy. Open up a terminal window and
+copy-paste the following commands
+
 .. code-block:: sh
 
-   # create virtual environment called "env_saqc"
-   python3 -m venv env_saqc
+   # create virtual environment called "saqc-env"
+   python -m venv saqc-env
 
    # activate the virtual environment
-   source env_saqc/bin/activate
+   source saqc-env/bin/activate
 
 On Windows-systems
 """"""""""""""""""
 
-.. code-block:: sh
+On windows, things are a bit more evolved however. The first hurdle to take is usually an
+installation of Python itself. There are many options available, one popular solution is
+the `Conda package management system <https://docs.conda.io/en/latest/>`_. After its
+`installation <https://docs.conda.io/projects/conda/en/latest/user-guide/install/index.html>`_
+type in the following:
 
-   # create virtual environment called "env_saqc"
-   py -3 -m venv env_saqc
+.. code-block:: sh
 
-   # move to the Scripts directory in "env_saqc"
-   cd env_saqc/Scripts
+   # create virtual environment called "saqc-env"
+   conda create -n saqc-enc
 
    # activate the virtual environment
-   ./activate
+   conda activate saqc-env
+
+   # install pip, we will need it later
+   conda install pip
 
 
-Get SaQC
---------
+Install SaQC
+------------
 
 We currently distribute SaQC via the `Python Package Index (PyPI) <https://pypi.org/>`_
 or through our `GitLab-repository <https://git.ufz.de/rdm-software/saqc>`_.
 
-From PyPI
-"""""""""
+The latest stable versions are available with 
+
+.. code-block:: sh
+
+   python -m pip install saqc
 
-The latest stable versions are available from PyPI:
+or
 
 .. code-block:: sh
 
-   python3 -m pip install saqc
+   pip install git+https://git.ufz.de/rdm-software/saqc@master
 
-From the Gitlab repository
-""""""""""""""""""""""""""
 
 If you feel more adventurous feel free to use the latest development version from our
 `GitLab-repository <https://git.ufz.de/rdm-software/saqc>`_. While we try to keep the