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@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ Third party sofwtares can best be installed using conda.
 
 ```sh
 $ cd cnvpipelines
-$ conda create --name cnvpipeline --file environment.yaml
+$ conda env create --file environment.yaml
 ```
 
 ### 4. Load new conda environment