Updates to the instructions for building the manual.

doc/README

@@ -22,12 +22,12 @@ doxygen-warn.log  logfile with warnings from running doxygen
 and:
 
 github-development-workflow.md   notes on the LAMMPS development workflow
-include-file-conventions.md      notes on LAMMPS' include file conventions
 documentation_conventions.md     notes on writing documentation for LAMMPS
 
 If you downloaded a LAMMPS tarball from www.lammps.org, then the html
 folder and the PDF manual should be included. If you downloaded LAMMPS
-from GitHub then you either need to build them.
+using GitHub then you either need to build them yourself or read the
+online version at https://docs.lammps.org/
 
 You can build the HTML and PDF files yourself, by typing "make html"
 or by "make pdf", respectively.  This requires various tools and files.
@@ -39,10 +39,10 @@ environment and local folders.
 
 Installing prerequisites for the documentation build
 
-To run the HTML documention build toolchain, python 3.x, doxygen, git,
-and the venv python module have to be installed if not already available.
-Also internet access is initially required to download external files
-and tools.
+To run the HTML documention build toolchain, python 3.8 or later,
+doxygen 1.8.10 or later, git, and the venv python module have to be
+installed if not already available.  Also internet access is initially
+required to download external files and tools.
 
 Building the PDF format manual requires in addition a compatible LaTeX
 installation with support for PDFLaTeX and several add-on LaTeX packages
@@ -52,16 +52,24 @@ installed.  This includes:
 - babel
 - capt-of
 - cmap
+- dvipng
+- ellipse
 - fncychap
+- fontawesom
 - framed
 - geometry
+- gyre
 - hyperref
 - hypcap
 - needspace
+- pict2e
 - times
 - tabulary
+- titlesec
 - upquote
 - wrapfig
+- xindy
+
 Also the latexmk script is required to run PDFLaTeX and related tools.
 the required number of times to have self-consistent output and include
 updated bibliography and indices.

doc/src/Build_manual.rst

@@ -116,9 +116,9 @@ environment variable.
 Prerequisites for HTML
 ----------------------
 
-To run the HTML documentation build toolchain, python 3, git, doxygen,
-and virtualenv have to be installed locally.  Here are instructions for
-common setups:
+To run the HTML documentation build toolchain, Python 3.8 or later, git,
+doxygen, and virtualenv have to be installed locally.  Here are
+instructions for common setups:
 
 .. tabs::
 
@@ -128,13 +128,7 @@ common setups:
 
          sudo apt-get install git doxygen
 
-   .. tab:: RHEL or CentOS (Version 7.x)
-
-      .. code-block:: bash
-
-         sudo yum install git doxygen
-
-   .. tab:: Fedora or RHEL/CentOS (8.x or later)
+   .. tab:: Fedora or RHEL/AlmaLinux/RockyLinux (8.x or later)
 
       .. code-block:: bash
 
@@ -154,7 +148,36 @@ Prerequisites for PDF
 
 In addition to the tools needed for building the HTML format manual,
 a working LaTeX installation with support for PDFLaTeX and a selection
-of LaTeX styles/packages are required.  To run the PDFLaTeX translation
+of LaTeX styles/packages are required.  Apart from LaTeX packages that
+are usually installed by default, the following packages are required:
+
+.. table_from_list::
+   :columns: 11
+
+   - amsmath
+   - anysize
+   - babel
+   - capt-of
+   - cmap
+   - dvipng
+   - ellipse
+   - fncychap
+   - fontawesom
+   - framed
+   - geometry
+   - gyre
+   - hyperref
+   - hypcap
+   - needspace
+   - pict2e
+   - times
+   - tabulary
+   - titlesec
+   - upquote
+   - wrapfig
+   - xindy
+
+To run the PDFLaTeX translation
 the ``latexmk`` script needs to be installed as well.
 
 Prerequisites for ePUB and MOBI