59 conda installation (#163)

* conda environment yml file

* update readme to include conda environment

* use python-confluent-kafka>=1.9.2 for py311 support

README.md

@@ -11,12 +11,26 @@
 
 ## Installation
 
-`fink_client` requires a version of Python 3.9+. To install it, just run
+`fink_client` requires a version of Python 3.9+.
+
+### install with pip
 
 ```bash
 pip install fink-client --upgrade
 ```
 
+### install within a conda environment
+
+```bash
+git clone https://github.com/astrolabsoftware/fink-client.git
+cd fink-client
+conda env create -f environment.yml
+# install the latest release
+pip install fink-client
+# install for development
+pip install -e .
+```
+
 Learn how to connect and use it by checking the [documentation](docs/).
 
 ## Registration

environment.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+name: fink-client
+channels:
+  - defaults
+  - conda-forge
+dependencies:
+  - python>=3.9
+  - coverage>=4.2
+  - coveralls
+  - codecov
+  - python-confluent-kafka>=1.9.2
+  - fastavro=1.6.0
+  - astropy
+  - numpy
+  - pyarrow>=10.0.1
+  - pandas
+  - pyyaml
+  - tabulate
+  - matplotlib
+