From 42f006dcd8a0cdc3e06029e99a59a0ed9166e7f9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Lisa Goodrich <lisag@ucar.edu>
Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2023 18:59:21 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] creating a table

---
 docs/Users_Guide/installation.rst | 37 +++++++++++++++++++++++--------
 1 file changed, 28 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/docs/Users_Guide/installation.rst b/docs/Users_Guide/installation.rst
index 72df47a204..a61af6273b 100644
--- a/docs/Users_Guide/installation.rst
+++ b/docs/Users_Guide/installation.rst
@@ -260,15 +260,34 @@ External Library Handling in compile_MET_all.sh
     library and header files are. The following environment variables need to be added 
     to the environment configuration file: 
 
-    **Always Required:**
-    **MET_BUFRLIB**, **BUFRLIB_NAME**, **MET_PROJ**, **MET_HDF5**, **MET_NETCDF**, 
-    **MET_GSL.**
-
-    **Optional, Depending on Configuration Options: MET_GRIB2CLIB, MET_GRIB2CINC,
-    GRIB2CLIB_NAME, LIB_JASPER, LIB_PNG, LIB_Z, MET_ATLAS, MET_ECKIT,
-    MET_HDF, MET_HDFEOS, MET_CAIRO, MET_FREETYPE, MET_PYTHON_BIN_EXE, MET_PYTHON_CC,
-    MET_PYTHON_LD.**
-
+    .. list-table:: Example Table
+       :widths: auto
+       :header-rows: 1
+
+      * - Always Required
+        - Optional, Depending on Configuration Options: 
+      * - MET_BUFRLIB
+        - MET_GRIB2CLIB
+      * - BUFRLIB_NAME
+        - MET_GRIB2CINC
+      * - MET_PROJ
+        - GRIB2CLIB_NAME
+      * - MET_HDF5
+        - LIB_JASPER
+      * - MET_NETCDF
+        - LIB_PNG
+      * - MET_GSL
+        - LIB_Z
+      * - MET_ATLAS
+      * - MET_ECKIT
+        - MET_HDF
+      * - MET_HDFEOS
+        - MET_CAIRO
+      * - MET_FREETYPE
+        - MET_PYTHON_BIN_EXE
+      * - MET_PYTHON_CC
+        - MET_PYTHON_LD
+	  
     Generally speaking, for each library there is a set of three
     environment variables that can  
     describe the locations: