From 1200a318f775f65f608935c24e84c7e87d699873 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "C.A.P. Linssen" <charl@turingbirds.com>
Date: Fri, 17 Nov 2023 03:27:09 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] add PPA installation instructions to documentation

---
 doc/installation.rst | 25 ++++++++++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 24 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/doc/installation.rst b/doc/installation.rst
index 829127e2a..46cc75f51 100644
--- a/doc/installation.rst
+++ b/doc/installation.rst
@@ -16,7 +16,30 @@ NESTML can then be installed into your local user directory via:
 
 .. code-block:: bash
 
-   pip install --pre nestml
+   pip install nestml
+
+
+Installing the latest release from PPA (Linux)
+----------------------------------------------
+
+NESTML can be installed via the ``apt`` package manager. This requires superuser (sudo) access. First, add the NEST PPA:
+
+.. code-block:: bash
+
+   sudo add-apt-repository ppa:nest-simulator/nest
+
+Then update the index and install the necessary packages:
+
+.. code-block:: bash
+
+   sudo apt update
+   sudo apt install nest python3-nestml
+
+Before running NEST or NESTML, make sure the correct environment variables are set by running the following command:
+
+.. code-block:: bash
+
+   source /usr/bin/nest_vars.sh
 
 
 Installing the latest development version from GitHub