From 37c728629559bc8ffdf1639a8c79372efe032a8d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ishaan Gupta <ishaankone@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 24 Jan 2026 01:02:33 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] Add conda installation instructions for Gemini CLI (#16921)

Co-authored-by: Vedant Mahajan <vedant.04.mahajan@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: Tommaso Sciortino <sciortino@gmail.com>
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 README.md | 11 +++++++++++
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 42493b16c9..77a7ba3647 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -55,6 +55,17 @@ npm install -g @google/gemini-cli
 brew install gemini-cli
 ```
 
+#### Install with Anaconda (for restricted environments)
+
+```bash
+# Create and activate a new environment
+conda create -y -n gemini_env -c conda-forge nodejs
+conda activate gemini_env
+
+# Install Gemini CLI globally via npm (inside the environment)
+npm install -g @google/gemini-cli
+```
+
 ## Release Cadence and Tags
 
 See [Releases](./docs/releases.md) for more details.