diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 6acd78b08b3a52c4b8e645499b3508f28db15eb5..db0b29c19acce76a8d6138b140438d302bb17b74 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -8,7 +8,11 @@ Tested on RobotWare version:
 
 1. Clone this repo.
 2. Install `protoc` from protobuf. There are [prebuilt binaries available from
-   GitHub](https://github.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf/releases/latest) if `protoc` is not available in your package manager.
+   GitHub](https://github.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf/releases/latest) if
+   `protoc` is not available in your package manager. If you use conda it can be
+   found in conda-forge/libprotobuf (`conda install -c conda-forge
+   libprotobuf`), you can use `conda env create -f environment.yml` to get all
+   requirements for this repo as well.
 3. Find `egm.proto` in either
    `%LOCALAPPDATA%\ABB\RobotWare\RobotWare_6.XXXXX\utility\Template\EGM\egm.proto`
    or on the robot.
@@ -18,7 +22,8 @@ Tested on RobotWare version:
 protoc --python_out=path/to/repo_folder/abb_egm_pyclient path/to/egm.proto
 ```
 
-5. Install this package in your environment of choice by running the following inside the repository directory.
+5. Install this package in your environment of choice (e.g. `conda env create -f
+   environment.yml` or `python -m virtualenv .venv`) by running the following inside the repository directory.
 
 ```bash
 pip install -e .
@@ -34,7 +39,7 @@ And on your computer (and your python environment):
 python -m abb_egm_pyclient.run --help
 
 # example given
-python -m abb_egm_pyclient.run 6510 joint 30 0 0 20 10 0 0
+python -m abb_egm_pyclient.run --port 6510 joint 30 0 0 20 10 0 0
 ```
 
 Or import the client from your own code:
diff --git a/environment.yml b/environment.yml
index e3d6901d766ec8ebfb5e9b26055a8d1cb05ac637..87c9778906d248e0a7c860061d53450c9679606e 100644
--- a/environment.yml
+++ b/environment.yml
@@ -4,5 +4,6 @@ channels:
 dependencies:
   - numpy
   - python >=3.7, <3.13
-  - protobuf
+  - protobuf # python protobuf bindings
+  - libprotobuf # includes protoc
   - ruff