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@@ -55,10 +55,16 @@ First off, make sure that [conda](https://docs.conda.io/) is installed.
 
 Songbird can be installed from the `conda-forge` channel as follows:
 ```
-conda create -n songbird_env songbird -c conda-forge
+conda create -n songbird_env songbird "pandas>=0.18.0,<1" -c conda-forge
 source activate songbird_env
 ```
 
+##### Sidenote
+If you get an error about "redirecting" from that first command, you probably
+need to add a `\` (a backslash character) before the `>` and `<` characters.
+This can be a problem if you're using [fish](https://fishshell.com/) as your
+shell.
+
 ### Running Songbird
 Let's try running Songbird on the "Red Sea" example data included with this
 repository. You can just copy-and-paste the command below into your terminal,