chore(install): use miniforge instead of miniconda (#2249)

Co-authored-by: Silvio Traversaro <[email protected]>

Author: imstevenpmwork

CONTRIBUTING.md

@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ Follow these steps to start contributing:
 4. for development, we advise to use a tool like `poetry` or `uv` instead of just `pip` to easily track our dependencies.
    Follow the instructions to [install poetry](https://python-poetry.org/docs/#installation) (use a version >=2.1.0) or to [install uv](https://docs.astral.sh/uv/getting-started/installation/#installation-methods) if you don't have one of them already.
 
-   Set up a development environment with conda or miniconda:
+   Set up a development environment with conda:
 
    ```bash
    conda create -y -n lerobot-dev python=3.10 && conda activate lerobot-dev

README.md

@@ -104,14 +104,14 @@ LeRobot works with Python 3.10+ and PyTorch 2.2+.
 
 ### Environment Setup
 
-Create a virtual environment with Python 3.10 and activate it, e.g. with [`miniconda`](https://docs.anaconda.com/free/miniconda/index.html):
+Create a virtual environment with Python 3.10 and activate it, e.g. with [`miniforge`](https://conda-forge.org/download/):
 
 ```bash
 conda create -y -n lerobot python=3.10
 conda activate lerobot
 ```
 
-When using `miniconda`, install `ffmpeg` in your environment:
+When using `conda`, install `ffmpeg` in your environment:
 
 ```bash
 conda install ffmpeg -c conda-forge

docs/source/installation.mdx

@@ -1,8 +1,15 @@
 # Installation
 
+## Install [`miniforge`](https://conda-forge.org/download/)
+
+```bash
+wget "https://github.com/conda-forge/miniforge/releases/latest/download/Miniforge3-$(uname)-$(uname -m).sh"
+bash Miniforge3-$(uname)-$(uname -m).sh
+```
+
 ## Environment Setup
 
-Create a virtual environment with Python 3.10, using [`Miniconda`](https://docs.anaconda.com/miniconda/install/#quick-command-line-install)
+Create a virtual environment with Python 3.10, using conda:
 
 ```bash
 conda create -y -n lerobot python=3.10
@@ -14,7 +21,7 @@ Then activate your conda environment, you have to do this each time you open a s
 conda activate lerobot
 ```
 
-When using `miniconda`, install `ffmpeg` in your environment:
+When using `conda`, install `ffmpeg` in your environment:
 
 ```bash
 conda install ffmpeg -c conda-forge