From 16c2349e1c1cb080a2a4721b310fc693c40c05f6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: soummer <soummer@stsci.edu>
Date: Fri, 20 Dec 2024 13:18:14 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Adding instructions for Apple Silicon

---
 README.md | 17 ++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index f2beb5b75..949b12680 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -81,8 +81,23 @@ cd catkit2
 cd extern
 ./download.sh
 cd ..
+```
+For installation on Apple Silicon with python=3.7, you need to follow these steps:
+```
+conda create --name catkit2 
+conda activate catkit2 
+conda config --env --set subdir osx-64 
+conda env update --file environment.yml
+```
+
+For all other platforms, you can use the following command:
+```
 conda env create --file environment.yml
 conda activate catkit2
+```
+
+Finally install the package using: 
+```
 python setup.py develop
 cd ..
-```
+```
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