From 0b094f24738139f418d799c40521017bb8b9ff44 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: kwryankrattiger <80296582+kwryankrattiger@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 26 Nov 2024 16:11:12 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] Docs: Reference 7z requirement on Windows (#35943)

---
 lib/spack/docs/getting_started.rst | 8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/lib/spack/docs/getting_started.rst b/lib/spack/docs/getting_started.rst
index 418e84b5cd9..2569657c9f1 100644
--- a/lib/spack/docs/getting_started.rst
+++ b/lib/spack/docs/getting_started.rst
@@ -1326,6 +1326,7 @@ Required:
 * Microsoft Visual Studio
 * Python
 * Git
+* 7z
 
 Optional:
 * Intel Fortran (needed for some packages)
@@ -1391,6 +1392,13 @@ as the project providing Git support on Windows. This is additionally the recomm
 for installing Git on Windows, a link to which can be found above. Spack requires the
 utilities vendored by this project.
 
+"""
+7zip
+"""
+
+A tool for extracting ``.xz`` files is required for extracting source tarballs. The latest 7zip
+can be located at https://sourceforge.net/projects/sevenzip/.
+
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 Step 2: Install and setup Spack
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^