environment for linux

Author: tomvanmele

README.md

@@ -10,11 +10,25 @@ COMPAS friendly interface for Gmsh.
 ## Installation
 
 ```bash
-conda create -n gmsh -c conda-forge compas
-conda activate gmsh
 pip install compas_gmsh
 ```
 
+### Linux
+
+On linux, you may have to install gmsh and it's python bindings manually.
+
+```bash
+conda create -n gmsh-dev gmsh python-gmsh -y
+conda activate gmsh-dev
+pip install compas_gmsh
+```
+
+Or use the environment file in this repo
+
+```bash
+conda env create -f environment-linux.yml
+```
+
 ## Getting Started
 
 Have a look at some of the first [examples in the documentation](https://compas.dev/compas_gmsh/latest/examples.html).

environment-linux.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+name: gmsh-dev
+channels:
+  - conda-forge
+dependencies:
+  - python
+  - pip
+  - gmsh
+  - python-gmsh
+  - pip:
+      - compas