René's URL Explorer Experiment

{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DiscussionForumPosting","headline":"[Doc]: Improve install guidance","articleBody":"### Problem\n\nWe have\n\n- https://matplotlib.org/stable/#install thought as short instructions on the landing page\n- https://matplotlib.org/stable/install/index.html as the complete install guide\n\nThey are mostly fine.\n\nIssues:\n\n- [ ] There's https://matplotlib.org/stable/users/getting_started/#installation-quick-start, which seems a bit outdated. I'm not sure whether this is still needed, and I haven't found a link to it from any page below https://matplotlib.org/stable/. However the landing page https://matplotlib.org/ links to it from the \"Getting started\" icon.\n  *Suggested improvement*: Minimally replace the install instructions at by https://matplotlib.org/stable/users/getting_started/#installation-quick-start, a link to https://matplotlib.org/stable/#install. Alternatively, investigate to remove https://matplotlib.org/stable/users/getting_started/ completely.\n\n- [ ] AFAICS there is no obvious link from https://matplotlib.org/ to any installation information. The \"documentation\" icon connects to the version-specific landing page https://matplotlib.org/stable/\n  *Suggested improvement*: It may be difficult to resolve this duality of global landing page and version-specific landing page. Minmally, move the \"Documentation\" icon to the very right in the icon row. It's the most general one. The other icons are direct links to sub-topics.\n\n- [ ] https://matplotlib.org/stable/install/index.html as the complete install guide could/should get more information on package managers. We only focus on the packages wheel/conda, but don't mention the package managers. While not strictly our business, it may be a good service to our users to add 1-2 sentences on the package managers, because that's the interface they will use.\n","author":{"url":"https://github.com/timhoffm","@type":"Person","name":"timhoffm"},"datePublished":"2025-03-18T23:35:39.000Z","interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":"https://schema.org/CommentAction","userInteractionCount":10},"url":"https://github.com/29775/matplotlib/issues/29775"}