Ticket #13515: 13515_gcc_doc.patch

doc/en/faq/faq-usage.rst

@@ -51 +51 @@
 everything necessary to develop Sage, the source code, all its
 dependencies and the complete changelog. On Linux systems like
 Debian/Ubuntu, you may have to install the ``build essential``
-package, the ``m4`` macro processor, and ``gfortran``. Your system
-needs to have a working
-`GCC <http://gcc.gnu.org>`_
-installation (gcc, g++, and gfortran) if you want to compile Sage
-from source. So far, Sage has not been successfully built with a
-compiler suite other than GCC. You might also consider installing the
-``readline`` package and its corresponding development headers. These
-packages make it easier to work with the Sage command line interface
-by providing text editing features at the command line level. On
+package and the ``m4`` macro processor. Your system
+needs to have a working C compiler if you want to compile Sage
+from source. On
 Debian/Ubuntu, you can install these prerequisites as follows::
 
-    sudo apt-get install build-essential m4 gfortran
-    sudo apt-get install readline-common libreadline-dev
+    sudo apt-get install build-essential m4
 
 If you have a multi-core system, you can opt for a parallel build of
 Sage. The command ::

doc/en/installation/introduction.rst

@@ -36 +36 @@
 
 * flint: fast library for number theory
 
-* fortran: the Fortran programming language
+* GAP: A System for Computational Discrete Algebra
 
-* GAP: A System for Computational Discrete Algebra
+* GCC: GNU compiler collection containing C, C++ and Fortran compilers
  
 * genus2reduction: Reduction information about genus 2 curves
 
 * gfan: Computation of Groebner fans and toric varieties
  
-* ghmm: the hidden Markov model library
-
 * givaro: a C++ library for arithmetic and algebraic computations
 
-* gmp-mpir: MPIR is an open source multiprecision integer library derived from 
+* mpir: MPIR is an open source multiprecision integer library derived from
   GMP (the GNU multiprecision library)
  
 * gsl: GNU Scientific Library is a numerical library for C and C++
@@ -62 +60 @@
 * jmol: a Java molecular viewer for three-dimensional chemical
   structures
 
-* jsmath: include mathematics in HTML
-
 * lapack: a library of Fortran 77 subroutines for solving the most
   commonly occurring problems in numerical linear algebra.
 
@@ -78 +74 @@
 * linbox: C++ template library for exact, high-performance linear
   algebra computation
 
+* mathjax: Javascript display engine for mathematics
+
 * matplotlib: a Python 2-D plotting library
 
 * maxima: symbolic algebra and calculus
@@ -110 +108 @@
   polynomial rings and subsets of the power set of the Boolean
   variables
 
+* PPL: The Parma Polyhedra Library
+
 * pynac: a modified version of GiNaC (a C++ library for symbolic
   mathematical calculations) that replaces the dependency on CLN by
   Python

doc/en/installation/source.rst

@@ -49 +49 @@
 - **perl**: version 5.8.0 or later
 - **tar**: GNU tar version 1.17 or later, or BSD tar
 - **ranlib**
-- On recent Debian or Ubuntu systems:
-  **g++**, **gfortran** and the **dpkg-dev** package for
+- On recent Debian or Ubuntu systems: the **dpkg-dev** package for
   `multiarch <http://wiki.debian.org/Multiarch>`_ support
 
 Recommended but not strictly required:
@@ -144 +143 @@
 
 ::
 
-     sudo apt-get install build-essential gfortran
+     sudo apt-get install build-essential
 
 (this was tested on Ubuntu 9.04).