From dd3d4e2b50f4cc08349f7c745aedff4461d93b48 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Axel Kohlmeyer Date: Wed, 10 May 2023 19:09:13 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] bump minimum requirement for building docs to python 3.8 --- doc/src/Build_manual.rst | 10 +++++----- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/src/Build_manual.rst b/doc/src/Build_manual.rst index d86ad85827..e9a55134da 100644 --- a/doc/src/Build_manual.rst +++ b/doc/src/Build_manual.rst @@ -52,11 +52,11 @@ can be translated to different output format using the `Sphinx incorporates programmer documentation extracted from the LAMMPS C++ sources through the `Doxygen `_ program. Currently the translation to HTML, PDF (via LaTeX), ePUB (for many e-book readers) -and MOBI (for Amazon Kindle readers) are supported. For that to work a -Python 3 interpreter, the ``doxygen`` tools and internet access to -download additional files and tools are required. This download is -usually only required once or after the documentation folder is returned -to a pristine state with ``make clean-all``. +and MOBI (for Amazon Kindle(tm) readers) are supported. For that to work a +Python interpreter version 3.8 or later, the ``doxygen`` tools and +internet access to download additional files and tools are required. +This download is usually only required once or after the documentation +folder is returned to a pristine state with ``make clean-all``. For the documentation build a python virtual environment is set up in the folder ``doc/docenv`` and various python packages are installed into