Installation docs need summary, updating
The installation docs on the wiki are in need of a refresh.
- A package summary in the Prerequisites section
- Streamline Linux and Mac sections to point the prerequisites list.
- Update Windows section
For the prerequisites summary I'm imagining something like the Prerequsites section in the Tutorial Getting Started topic, but with one more piece of information:
Prerequisites
Required
| Purpose | Package | Minimum Version |
|---|---|---|
| Download |
git, tar
|
|
| Compiler |
gccclang
|
≥ 8 |
| Configuration |
python3cmake, and at least one ofmake, ninja, XCode
|
≥3.6 ≥ 3.10 |
Optional
| Feature | Package |
|---|---|
| Faster compilation | ccache |
| Visualizer | cppyy |
| netanim | qt5 |
| Parallel execution | MPI: openmpi, mpich, mvapich
|
| ... |
The Linux and Mac sections could be greatly streamlined by referring the Prerequisites tables. They would only have to summarize the basic form to install packages using apt, dnf, port, brew, pip3...
In addition, there are still references to waf and mercurial, and it looks the Windows section is completely out of date.