Docs conda instructions

docs/index.md

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 ## Installation
 
-Creating an `conda` environment is not required but recommended:
+Creating a `conda` environment is not required but recommended.
+
+
+??? info "Miniconda installation and setup"
+
+    [Miniconda](https://docs.anaconda.com/free/miniconda/index.html) is a free minimal installer for conda. 
+
+    Here are some quick command line instructions to help you set up the latest Miniconda installer promptly. For graphical installers (.exe and .pkg) and instructions on hash checking, please refer to [Installing Miniconda](https://docs.anaconda.com/free/miniconda/miniconda-install/).
+
+    === "Windows"
+        These three commands quickly and quietly install the latest 64-bit version of the installer and then clean up after themselves. To install a different version or architecture of Miniconda for Windows, change the name of the `.exe` installer in the `curl` command.
+
+        ```bash
+        curl https://repo.anaconda.com/miniconda/Miniconda3-latest-Windows-x86_64.exe -o miniconda.exe
+        start /wait "" miniconda.exe /S
+        del miniconda.exe
+        ```
+        After installing, open the “Anaconda Prompt (miniconda3)” program to use Miniconda3. For the Powershell version, use “Anaconda Powershell Prompt (miniconda3)”.
+    
+    === "macOS"
+        These four commands quickly and quietly install the latest M1 macOS version of the installer and then clean up after themselves. To install a different version or architecture of Miniconda for macOS, change the name of the `.sh` installer in the `curl` command.
+
+        ```bash
+        mkdir -p ~/miniconda3
+        curl https://repo.anaconda.com/miniconda/Miniconda3-latest-MacOSX-arm64.sh -o ~/miniconda3/miniconda.sh
+        bash ~/miniconda3/miniconda.sh -b -u -p ~/miniconda3
+        rm -rf ~/miniconda3/miniconda.sh
+        ```
+
+        After installing, initialize your newly-installed Miniconda. The following commands initialize for bash and zsh shells:
+
+        ```bash
+        ~/miniconda3/bin/conda init bash
+        ~/miniconda3/bin/conda init zsh
+        ```
+
+    === "Linux"
+        These four commands quickly and quietly install the latest 64-bit version of the installer and then clean up after themselves. To install a different version or architecture of Miniconda for Linux, change the name of the `.sh` installer in the `wget` command.
+
+        ```bash
+        mkdir -p ~/miniconda3
+        wget https://repo.anaconda.com/miniconda/Miniconda3-latest-Linux-x86_64.sh -O ~/miniconda3/miniconda.sh
+        bash ~/miniconda3/miniconda.sh -b -u -p ~/miniconda3
+        rm -rf ~/miniconda3/miniconda.sh
+        ```
+
+        After installing, initialize your newly-installed Miniconda. The following commands initialize for bash and zsh shells:
+
+        ```bash
+        ~/miniconda3/bin/conda init bash
+        ~/miniconda3/bin/conda init zsh
+        ```
+Once you have `conda` installed, create a new enviroment:
+
 ```
 conda create -n qim3d python=3.11
 ```
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 ```
 
 
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 ### Install using `pip`
 
 The latest stable version can be simply installed using `pip`: