From 496870027324c773290ef887764b7702959bf8f0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Gilia Patterson <32884936+giliapatterson@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 3 Mar 2026 12:15:52 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Add an environment file with the correct numpy version and
 add instructions to the README

---
 README.md       | 6 ++++++
 environment.yml | 9 +++++++++
 2 files changed, 15 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 environment.yml

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 8dc71fb..892c14c 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -51,6 +51,12 @@ Requirements and Pre-requisite Software
 
 `conda deactivate`
 
+Or, use the environment file provided with CDMetaPOP:
+
+`conda env create -f environment.yml`
+
+`conda activate cdmetapop`
+
 ---------------------------
 CDMetaPOP v3.0 Installation
 --------------------------- 
diff --git a/environment.yml b/environment.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..be55c91
--- /dev/null
+++ b/environment.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+name: cdmetapop
+channels:
+    - conda-forge
+    - bioconda
+dependencies:
+    - python
+    - numpy=2.3.5
+    - scipy
+    - pandas
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