From 1cb99e9f95ea85adbea831a3cd58f6c76d31e069 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Gina Wu <ginawu98@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2023 09:52:03 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Update colmap installation instructions with conda

---
 docs/quickstart/custom_dataset.md | 10 ++++++++--
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/docs/quickstart/custom_dataset.md b/docs/quickstart/custom_dataset.md
index c826979360..723a97c91e 100644
--- a/docs/quickstart/custom_dataset.md
+++ b/docs/quickstart/custom_dataset.md
@@ -57,10 +57,16 @@ There are many ways to install COLMAP, unfortunately it can sometimes be a bit f
 ::::::{tab-set}
 :::::{tab-item} Linux
 
-We recommend trying `apt`:
+We recommend trying `conda`:
 
 ```
-sudo apt install colmap
+conda install -c conda-forge colmap
+```
+
+Check that COLMAP 3.8 with CUDA is successfully installed:
+
+```
+colmap -h
 ```
 
 If that doesn't work, you can try VKPG: