From c89da11da79737bd065296b07d04cf66011e52fe Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Henri Payno <henri.payno@esrf.fr>
Date: Tue, 23 Jun 2026 15:58:31 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Doc: add `Example of an installation with conda for test` in
 contribute

---
 doc/contribute.rst | 31 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 31 insertions(+)

diff --git a/doc/contribute.rst b/doc/contribute.rst
index fbc5ebb0..a8808ce5 100644
--- a/doc/contribute.rst
+++ b/doc/contribute.rst
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ This project follows the standard open-source project github workflow, which is
 Testing
 =======
 
+
 To run self-contained tests, from Python:
 
 .. code-block:: python
@@ -24,6 +25,36 @@ To also run tests relying on actual HDF5 files, run from the source directory::
 
 This tests the installed version of `hdf5plugin`.
 
+Example of an installation with conda for test
+..............................................
+
+1. `Install conda <https://docs.conda.io/projects/conda/en/latest/user-guide/install/index.html>`_ if needed & create conda environment for testing
+
+.. code-block:: bash
+
+  conda create -n hdf5plugins_env python=3.XX
+  conda activate hdf5plugins_env
+
+2. Install requirements
+
+.. code-block:: bash
+
+  conda install compilers
+  pip install py-cpuinfo setuptools
+
+3. Build
+
+.. code-block:: bash
+
+  python setup.py build
+
+4. Run the test
+
+.. code-block:: bash
+
+  PYTHONPATH=build/lib.linux-x86_64-cpython-3{XX}/ python test/test.py -vvv
+
+
 Formatting/Linting
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