From c99a1357d9b3b3c9d71a70b6d3c8fa4a338a3725 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: RemDelaporteMathurin <rdelaportemathurin@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 6 Nov 2024 12:50:15 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] added fenicsx installation instructions

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 docs/source/installation.rst | 20 +++++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/docs/source/installation.rst b/docs/source/installation.rst
index 5a653a9f6..ade78d74b 100644
--- a/docs/source/installation.rst
+++ b/docs/source/installation.rst
@@ -72,4 +72,22 @@ To upgrade FESTIM to the latest version, run::
 
 To uninstall FESTIM, run::
 
-    pip uninstall FESTIM
\ No newline at end of file
+    pip uninstall FESTIM
+
+
+Installing the ``fenicsx`` branch version
+-------------------------------------------
+
+This version of FESTIM is under development and is not yet available on PyPI.
+It runs on ``dolfinx`` instead of ``fenics`` and can be installed on Linux and MacOS.
+If you are on Windows, you can use the Windows Subsystem for Linux (simply follow the instructions above).
+
+Create a conda environment with ``dolfinx``::
+
+    conda create -n festim-env
+    conda activate festim-env       
+    conda install -c conda-forge fenics-dolfinx
+
+Install the correct FESTIM version with::
+
+    pip install git+https://github.com/FESTIM-dev/FESTIM@fenicsx