From 11b1ce84cfb5dd7a7dec1512b1c8c5c4095de0d4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Michael Kuhn Date: Fri, 21 Aug 2020 00:13:47 +0200 Subject: docs: List tar and some compressors in prerequisites (#18169) Fixes #18152 --- lib/spack/docs/getting_started.rst | 3 +++ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) (limited to 'lib') 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 -- cgit v1.2.3-60-g2f50