At the moment, installation instructions are not specific to the front end used by a user. Especially for new users, it may make sense to provide instructions that differentiate by API, i.e. currently
Python
Matlab
C++/Fortran
Per comment by @speth, the 'best' option depends on the API, where for Python, users are likely best served by using conda (or the newly added pip), whereas system installers or compilation from source may make most sense for other cases:
maybe "How do you want to use Cantera" needs to be the first level distinction on the "Installing Cantera" page: If your answer is "I want to use Cantera solely from Python", then being pointed to pip/Conda first makes a lot of sense.
At the moment, installation instructions are not specific to the front end used by a user. Especially for new users, it may make sense to provide instructions that differentiate by API, i.e. currently
Per comment by @speth, the 'best' option depends on the API, where for Python, users are likely best served by using
conda(or the newly addedpip), whereas system installers or compilation from source may make most sense for other cases:See also: #164