Merge pull request #2846 from JacksonBurns/fix/nodefaults

Explicitly Forbid Default `conda` Channels

Author: JacksonBurns

documentation/source/users/rmg/installation/anacondaDeveloper.rst

@@ -81,6 +81,19 @@ Installation by Source Using Anaconda Environment for Unix-based Systems: Linux
 
     source ~/.zshrc
 
+   NOTE: You may wish to forbid ``conda`` from installing from the Anaconda channels due to licensing restrictions.
+   The ``environment.yml`` file already forbids using default channels, but you may further add the file ``.condarc`` to your RMG-Py directory (or modify the ``.condarc`` in your home directory) with the following contents before running the ``conda env create`` command: ::
+
+     channels:
+       - conda-forge
+       - nodefaults
+     channel_priority: strict
+     custom_channels:
+       main: null
+       r: null
+       anaconda: null
+       msys2: null
+
 #. Activate conda environment ::
 
     conda activate rmg_env

environment.yml

@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ name: rmg_env
 channels:
   - conda-forge
   - rmg
+  - nodefaults
 dependencies:
 # System-level dependencies - we could install these at the OS level
 # but by installing them in the conda environment we get better control