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| author | kwryankrattiger <80296582+kwryankrattiger@users.noreply.github.com> | 2024-11-26 16:11:12 -0600 |
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| committer | GitHub <noreply@github.com> | 2024-11-26 17:11:12 -0500 |
| commit | 0b094f24738139f418d799c40521017bb8b9ff44 (patch) | |
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Docs: Reference 7z requirement on Windows (#35943)
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diff --git a/lib/spack/docs/getting_started.rst b/lib/spack/docs/getting_started.rst index 418e84b5cd..2569657c9f 100644 --- a/lib/spack/docs/getting_started.rst +++ b/lib/spack/docs/getting_started.rst @@ -1326,6 +1326,7 @@ Required: * Microsoft Visual Studio * Python * Git +* 7z Optional: * Intel Fortran (needed for some packages) @@ -1391,6 +1392,13 @@ as the project providing Git support on Windows. This is additionally the recomm for installing Git on Windows, a link to which can be found above. Spack requires the utilities vendored by this project. +""" +7zip +""" + +A tool for extracting ``.xz`` files is required for extracting source tarballs. The latest 7zip +can be located at https://sourceforge.net/projects/sevenzip/. + ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Step 2: Install and setup Spack ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ |