Update installation docs to point users at Nixpkgs

Nixpkgs now includes Colmena starting with 21.11 and is now the
preferred method to obtain Colmena. The `stable` branch will
continue to be updated for each stable release.

Fixes #41.
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## Installation
To install the latest stable version to the user profile, use the following command:
`colmena` is included in Nixpkgs beginning with 21.11.
Use the following command to enter a shell environment with the `colmena` command:
```bash
nix-env -if https://github.com/zhaofengli/colmena/tarball/stable
nix-shell -p colmena
```
### Unstable Version
To install the latest development version:
To install the latest development version to your user profile:
```bash
nix-env -if https://github.com/zhaofengli/colmena/tarball/main