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 [[installation]]
 == Installation
 
-Eland can be installed with https://pip.pypa.io[pip] from https://pypi.org/project/eland[PyPI]:
+Eland can be installed with https://pip.pypa.io[pip] from https://pypi.org/project/eland[PyPI]. We recommend https://packaging.python.org/en/latest/guides/installing-using-pip-and-virtual-environments/[using a virtual environment] when installing with pip:
 
 [source,sh]
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 $ python -m pip install eland
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-and can also be installed with https://docs.conda.io[Conda] from https://anaconda.org/conda-forge/eland[Conda Forge]:
+Alternatively, Eland can be installed with https://docs.conda.io[Conda] from https://anaconda.org/conda-forge/eland[Conda Forge]:
 
 [source,sh]
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