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diff --git a/lib/spack/docs/getting_started.rst b/lib/spack/docs/getting_started.rst index 26deb1cef5..9ce01ae222 100644 --- a/lib/spack/docs/getting_started.rst +++ b/lib/spack/docs/getting_started.rst @@ -19,6 +19,9 @@ before Spack is run: #. Python 2 (2.6 or 2.7) or 3 (3.5 - 3.8) to run Spack #. A C/C++ compiler for building #. The ``make`` executable for building +#. The ``tar``, ``gzip``, ``bzip2``, ``xz`` and optionally ``zstd`` + executables for extracting source code +#. The ``patch`` command to apply patches #. The ``git`` and ``curl`` commands for fetching #. If using the ``gpg`` subcommand, ``gnupg2`` is required |