Merge pull request #355 from OpenPIV/copilot/remove-conda-installation-instructions

Remove conda installation instructions and promote uv as primary method

Author: alexlib

README.md

@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 [![Python package](https://github.com/OpenPIV/openpiv-python/actions/workflows/testing.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/OpenPIV/openpiv-python/actions/workflows/testing.yml)
 [![DOI](https://zenodo.org/badge/DOI/10.5281/zenodo.18304582.svg)](https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.18304582)
 ![PyPI](https://img.shields.io/pypi/v/openpiv)
-![Anaconda](https://anaconda.org/openpiv/openpiv/badges/version.svg)
 
 
 OpenPIV consists in a Python and Cython modules for scripting and executing the analysis of 
@@ -25,18 +24,36 @@ Click the link - thanks to BinderHub, Jupyter and Conda you can now get it in yo
 
 ## Installing
 
+### Recommended: Using uv (fastest)
+
+[uv](https://github.com/astral-sh/uv) is a fast Python package installer and resolver written in Rust:
+
+    pip install uv
+    uv pip install openpiv
+
+### Using pip (standard)
+
 Use PyPI: <https://pypi.python.org/pypi/OpenPIV>:
 
     pip install openpiv
 
+### Or [Poetry](https://python-poetry.org/)
 
-## Or `conda` 
+    poetry add openpiv
 
-    conda install -c openpiv openpiv
+### Note on Conda/Anaconda
 
-## Or [Poetry](https://python-poetry.org/)
+⚠️ **Conda packages are no longer actively maintained.** The conda-forge package may be outdated.
 
-    poetry add openpiv
+If you previously installed OpenPIV via conda, you can migrate to pip or uv:
+
+    # Remove the conda package
+    conda remove openpiv
+    
+    # Install with pip or uv
+    pip install openpiv
+    # or
+    uv pip install openpiv
 
 
 ### To build from source

openpiv/docs/src/installation_instruction.rst

@@ -19,23 +19,42 @@ The dependencies are:
 * `Python <http://python.org/>`_
 * `Scipy <http://numpy.scipy.org/>`_
 * `Numpy <http://www.scipy.org/>`_
-* `scikit-image <http://scikit-image.org/>`_
-
-On all platforms, the following Python distribution is recommended:
-
-* Anaconda <https://store.continuum.io/cshop/anaconda/>   
+* `scikit-image <http://scikit-image.org/>`_   
 
 
 Installation
 ============
 
-Use `conda` :: 
+Recommended: Use `uv` (fastest)
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+`uv <https://github.com/astral-sh/uv>`_ is a fast Python package installer and resolver written in Rust.
+It provides faster and more reliable package installation compared to traditional tools.
+
+To install OpenPIV with uv::
 
-    conda install -c alexlib openpiv
+    pip install uv
+    uv pip install openpiv
 
-Or use `pip` :: 
+Or use `pip` (standard)
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+::
 
     pip install openpiv
+
+.. warning::
+    **Conda packages are no longer actively maintained.** The conda-forge package may be outdated.
+    
+    If you previously installed OpenPIV via conda, you can migrate to pip or uv::
+    
+        # Remove the conda package
+        conda remove openpiv
+        
+        # Install with pip or uv
+        pip install openpiv
+        # or
+        uv pip install openpiv
     
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