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Add information to README regarding externally managed environments #469

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In this case, it is recommended to install R via conda to ensure consistency in C runtime libraries.

### Note about externally managed environments

Many Unix-based distributions now comply with [PEP-668](https://peps.python.org/pep-0668), which prevents installing python packages outside a virtual environment. To install _radian_ without overriding this behavior, create a virtual environment in your `~/.local` directory with this command:

```sh
python3 -m venv ~/.local --system-site-packages
```

Now use the pip3 binary in your `~/.local` folder to install _radian_

```sh
~/.local/bin/pip3 install radian
```

Given that `~/.local/bin`, is on your path, you should then be able to execute _radian_ normally.

## Alias on unix system

You could alias `r` to _radian_ by putting
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