Add sphinx docs dependencies in requirements.txt

docs/README.md

@@ -1,13 +1,8 @@
 ## Building the docs
-Install Sphinx using pip, Python's package manager. Open your command line interface and run:
+Install Sphinx and additional dependencies using pip, Python's package manager. Open your command line interface 
+inside the :file:`openrocket/docs` directory and run:
 ```bash
-pip install sphinx
+pip install -r requirements.txt
-```
-
-You'll also need to install some additional sphinx dependencies. Run
-```bash
-pip install sphinx-rtd-theme
-pip install sphinx_new_tab_link
 ```
 
 Build the docs by running in the `docs` directory:

docs/requirements.txt

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+sphinx
+sphinx-rtd-theme
+sphinx_new_tab_link

docs/source/dev_guide/contributing_to_the_docs.rst

@@ -51,18 +51,12 @@ Editing and Building the Documentation
 
 If you would like to contribute to the documentation, you can do so by editing the reStructuredText files in the
 :file:`docs/source` directory of the OpenRocket repo. You can then build the documentation by first
-`installing Sphinx <https://www.sphinx-doc.org/en/master/usage/installation.html>`__:
+`installing Sphinx <https://www.sphinx-doc.org/en/master/usage/installation.html>`__ and some extra dependencies.
+Open a new terminal window in the :file:`docs` directory and run the following command:
 
 .. code-block:: bash
 
-    pip install sphinx
+    pip install -r requirements.txt
-
-You'll also need to install some additional sphinx dependencies:
-
-.. code-block:: bash
-
-   pip install sphinx-rtd-theme
-   pip install sphinx_new_tab_link
 
 To build the docs, run the following command from the ``docs`` directory: