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diff --git a/lib/spack/docs/getting_started.rst b/lib/spack/docs/getting_started.rst index cd54d1ee35..58c69d1d2d 100644 --- a/lib/spack/docs/getting_started.rst +++ b/lib/spack/docs/getting_started.rst @@ -16,10 +16,11 @@ Prerequisites Spack has the following minimum requirements, which must be installed before Spack is run: -1. Python 2 (2.6 or 2.7) or 3 (3.4 - 3.7) -2. A C/C++ compiler -3. The ``git`` and ``curl`` commands. -4. If using the ``gpg`` subcommand, ``gnupg2`` is required. +#. Python 2 (2.6 or 2.7) or 3 (3.4 - 3.7) to run Spack +#. A C/C++ compiler for building +#. The ``make`` executable for building +#. The ``git`` and ``curl`` commands for fetching +#. If using the ``gpg`` subcommand, ``gnupg2`` is required These requirements can be easily installed on most modern Linux systems; on Macintosh, XCode is required. Spack is designed to run on HPC |