docs: document installation with conda from the conda-forge channel

README.md

@@ -35,6 +35,12 @@ to the above line to install the package under your own user account.
 Alternatively, consider creating a [virtual environment](https://docs.python.org/3/tutorial/venv.html)
 and installing `cherab` in the environment.
 
+Cherab can also be installed with conda from the conda-forge channel:
+
+```sh
+conda install --channel conda-forge cherab
+```
+
 When developing cherab it is usually preferred that the packages be installed
 in "editable" mode. Clone this repository and change directory to the root of
 the repository, then run:

docs/source/installation_and_structure.rst

@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ Installation
 Users will generally just install the core package and the specific feature packages they
 need for their work. For example, users working on the JET tokamak will require the
 `cherab <https://pypi.org/project/cherab>`_ package and the `cherab-jet <https://github.com/cherab/jet>`_
-package. The core ``cherab`` package is available through pip. The additional fusion specific
+package. The core ``cherab`` package is available through pip and conda. The additional fusion specific
 packages, offering extra functionality, should be cloned from their respective repositories.
 
 
@@ -89,6 +89,20 @@ default, using all available processors, but can be overridden by setting the en
 ``CHERAB_NCPU`` to the number of processors to use.
 
 
+Installing through conda
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+Pre-built Cherab packages are available from the
+`conda-forge channel <https://anaconda.org/conda-forge/cherab>`_ for Linux and macOS.
+To install Cherab with conda, run::
+
+    conda install --channel conda-forge cherab
+
+This installs Cherab and its dependencies, including Raysect, without requiring
+a local compiler. The OpenADAS module is included, but its atomic data files must
+be downloaded separately as described in `Configuring Atomic Data`_ below.
+
+
 Installing from source
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^