From dbfafd85572ec514f195fad60f1944d82fbeeb09 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: James Lamb <jaylamb20@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 22 Aug 2024 06:48:15 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] [doc] Install the conda GPU variant in environments without
 CUDA (#10731)

---
 doc/install.rst | 7 +++++++
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)

diff --git a/doc/install.rst b/doc/install.rst
index 79082a7ed..532868149 100644
--- a/doc/install.rst
+++ b/doc/install.rst
@@ -107,6 +107,13 @@ Conda should be able to detect the existence of a GPU on your machine and instal
    # Use NVIDIA GPU
    conda install -c conda-forge py-xgboost-gpu
 
+To force the installation of the GPU variant on a machine that does not have an NVIDIA GPU, use environment variable ``CONDA_OVERRIDE_CUDA``,
+as described in `"Managing Virtual Packages" in the conda docs <https://conda.io/projects/conda/en/latest/user-guide/tasks/manage-virtual.html>`_.
+
+.. code-block:: bash
+
+  export CONDA_OVERRIDE_CUDA="12.5"
+  conda install -c conda-forge py-xgboost-gpu
 
 Visit the `Miniconda website <https://docs.conda.io/en/latest/miniconda.html>`_ to obtain Conda.