From e9a9c39cf58169afaec3246668f1da1a17dfe2d5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: thiswillbeyourgithub
 <26625900+thiswillbeyourgithub@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 3 Sep 2025 12:52:42 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] doc: explain how to install from source

Signed-off-by: thiswillbeyourgithub <26625900+thiswillbeyourgithub@users.noreply.github.com>
---
 README.md             |  9 +++++++++
 docs/guide/install.md | 13 +++++++++++--
 2 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index d941e7d..5873a05 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -11,6 +11,15 @@ PubChemPy provides a way to interact with PubChem in Python. It allows chemical
 
 ## Installation
 
+To get the latest version, it is recommended to install from the source directly:
+```shell
+pip install git+https://github.com/mcs07/PubChemPy
+```
+
+This version is not guaranteed to be stable, but may include new features and bug fixes that have not yet been released.
+
+*Note: If you installed PubChemPy from pypi in the passed, you must uninstall it before installing the source code version using `pip uninstall pubchempy` for example*
+
 Install PubChemPy with pip:
 
 ```shell
diff --git a/docs/guide/install.md b/docs/guide/install.md
index a409044..f7ffa6c 100644
--- a/docs/guide/install.md
+++ b/docs/guide/install.md
@@ -28,9 +28,16 @@ conda install -c conda-forge pubchempy
 
 The conda-forge channel is a community-driven collection of conda packages that provides up-to-date and well-maintained packages for the conda package manager.
 
-## Option 3: Clone the repository
+## Option 3: Install from the source code
 
-The latest development version of PubChemPy is always [available on GitHub]. This version is not guaranteed to be stable, but may include new features that have not yet been released. Simply clone the repository and install as usual:
+The latest development version of PubChemPy is always [available on GitHub]. This version is not guaranteed to be stable, but may include new features and bug fixes that have not yet been released.
+
+```shell
+pip install git+https://github.com/mcs07/PubChemPy
+```
+
+
+Or manually: clone the repository and install as usual:
 
 ```shell
 git clone https://github.com/mcs07/PubChemPy.git
@@ -38,6 +45,8 @@ cd PubChemPy
 pip install .
 ```
 
+*Note: If you installed PubChemPy from pypi in the passed, you must uninstall it before installing the source code version using `pip uninstall pubchempy` for example*
+
 [anaconda]: https://www.anaconda.com/download
 [available on github]: https://github.com/mcs07/PubChemPy
 [download the latest release]: https://github.com/mcs07/PubChemPy/releases/