Resolve "Documentation and build improvements"

Closes #162 (closed)

doc/source/installation_guide/_static/msys2_packages.txt

 # for simulator
-pacman -S mingw-w64-x86_64-boost        #Tested with 1.75.0-2
-pacman -S mingw-w64-x86_64-ccache       #Tested with 3.7.9-1
-pacman -S mingw-w64-x86_64-cmake        #Tested with 3.19.2-1
-pacman -S mingw-w64-x86_64-doxygen      #Tested with 1.8.20-1
-pacman -S mingw-w64-x86_64-gcc          #Tested with 10.2.0-6
-pacman -S mingw-w64-x86_64-gdb          #Tested with 10.1-2
-pacman -S mingw-w64-x86_64-graphviz     #Tested with 2.44.1-3
-pacman -S mingw-w64-x86_64-gtest        #Tested with 1.11.0-4
-#pacman -S mingw-w64-x86_64-protobuf    # currently uses custom build (3.17.3). See 'Installing the Source Packages' below.
-pacman -S mingw-w64-x86_64-qt5          #Tested with 5.15.2-5
-pacman -S make                          #Tested with 4.3-1
+mingw-w64-x86_64-boost                 # Tested with 1.79.0-2
+mingw-w64-x86_64-ccache                # Tested with 4.6-1
+mingw-w64-x86_64-cmake                 # Tested with 3.23.1-1
+mingw-w64-x86_64-doxygen               # Tested with 1.9.3-2
+mingw-w64-x86_64-gcc                   # Tested with 11.2.0-10
+mingw-w64-x86_64-gdb                   # Tested with 11.2-2
+mingw-w64-x86_64-graphviz              # Tested with 2.44.1-9
+mingw-w64-x86_64-gtest                 # Tested with 1.11.0-5
+mingw-w64-x86_64-qt5                   # Tested with 5.15.2-15
+make                                   # Tested with 4.3-3
 
 # for documentation
-pacman -S mingw-w64-x86_64-python       #Tested with 3.9.6.2
-pacman -S mingw-w64-x86_64-python-pip   #Tested with 21.1.3-2
-pacman -S mingw-w64-x86_64-python-lxml  #Tested with 4.6.2-2
+mingw-w64-x86_64-python                # Tested with 3.9.13-1
+mingw-w64-x86_64-python-pip            # Tested with 22.0.4-1
+mingw-w64-x86_64-python-lxml           # Tested with 4.8.0-1
 
-# get necessary latex style (assuming default paths for MSYS2)
-wget -P /mingw64/share/texmf-dist/tex/latex/anyfontsize \
-  http://mirrors.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/anyfontsize/anyfontsize.sty
-
-# fonts (picks up anyfontsize) and equation rendering in the documentation
-pacman -S mingw-w64-x86_64-zziplib      #Tested with 0.13.72-3
-pacman -S mingw-w64-x86_64-texlive-bin  #Tested with 2021.20210424-5
-pacman -S mingw-w64-x86_64-texlive-core #Tested with 2021.20210519-2
-pacman -S mingw-w64-x86_64-texlive-font-utils #Tested with 2021.20210519-1
+# fonts and equation rendering in the documentation
+mingw-w64-x86_64-texlive-bin           # Tested with 2021.20210424-10
+mingw-w64-x86_64-texlive-core          # Tested with 2021.20210906-1
+mingw-w64-x86_64-texlive-font-utils    # Tested with 2021.20210906-1
+mingw-w64-x86_64-texlive-latex-extra   # Tested with 2021.20210906-1
+mingw-w64-x86_64-zziplib               # Tested with 0.13.72-3
 
 # for sphinx/exhale
-pacman -S libxslt-devel
+libxslt-devel                          # Tested with 1.1.35-1
+
+# additional recommendations
+diffutils
+dos2unix
+git
+patch
+vim
+mingw-w64-x86_64-ag
 
-# additional python packages for documentation
-pip3 install sphinx sphinx-rtd-theme sphinx-tabs breathe exhale sphinxcontrib-spelling