updated the install instructions

README.md

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 #### _Installing and Running the Bots_ (optional)
 
-**For computers running Windows OS**
-* install [Anaconda](https://docs.anaconda.com/anaconda/install/windows/) with python 3
+During this workshop we will use: 
 
-**For computers running MacOS**
-* open the terminal
-* check which version of python you have:
-    > python  -V
-* if you have a python 2 version, you could install [Anaconda](https://docs.anaconda.com/anaconda/install/mac-os/) with python 3
+* python3
+* pip3
+* slixmpp
+* a code editor
+
+Some installation guides can be found under the following links.
+
+**python3 + pip3**: 
+
+*For computers running Windows OS or Mac OS*:
+
+1. check what version of Python you have on your computer with `$ python --version`
+2. if you have python 2.x, try also the following, to be sure that you don't have python3 already: `$ python3 --version`
+3. if this returns a "Could not be found" (or something like that), then proceed to install python3. If it returns a version number, then you have python3 already! 
+4. to install python3, you can download python under the following links and follow the installation instructions:
+    - https://www.python.org/ftp/python/3.8.3/python-3.8.3-macosx10.9.pkg (Mac OS 10.9 and later)
+    - https://www.python.org/ftp/python/3.8.3/python-3.8.3-amd64.exe (Windows)
+
+pip3 comes installed with python3.
+
+You can check if it installed correctly by running: `$ pip3 --version`
+
+*For computers running Linux OS*
 
-**For computers running Linux OS**
 * open the terminal
 * check which version of python you have:
     > python  -V
     > python3 -V
 * if you have a python 2 version, you could install python 3
-    > sudo apt-get install python3
-    > sudo apt-get install python3-pip
+    > sudo apt install python3
+    > sudo apt install python3-pip
+
+**slixmpp**: 
+
+This is the Python library we use to make the bots. You can install it by running: $ pip3 install slixmpp
+
+**run the bots!**:
 
 * download the bots from this page
 * go to the folder where you have installed them
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     - o stands for for output
     - . means here
 
+**code editor**:
+
 * if you dont have a code editor, we can suggest (among others) [Sublime Text](https://www.sublimetext.com/)
 * to install the conversations app on your phone, you could use either Conversations or [Quicksy](https://quicksy.im/) for Android phones (among others)