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 [![DOI:10.1007/978-3-319-76207-4_15](https://zenodo.org/badge/DOI/10.1063/1.5063794@jcp.2019.MMMK.issue-1.svg)]( https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5063794@jcp.2019.MMMK.issue-1)
 
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 # enspara
 MSMs at Scale 
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 Current installation instructions are (using mamba):
 
+```
+git clone https://github.com/bowman-lab/enspara
+mamba env create -f environment.yaml
+cd enspara
+pip install -e .
+```
+
+Alternatively, you can install packages directly:
+
 ```
 git clone https://github.com/bowman-lab/enspara
 mamba create -n enspara -c conda-forge cython numpy mdtraj scipy python=3.12