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diff --git a/doc/usage/installation.rst b/doc/usage/installation.rst new file mode 100644 index 0000000..3ce8bb9 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/usage/installation.rst @@ -0,0 +1,282 @@ +================= +Installing Sphinx +================= + +.. contents:: + :depth: 1 + :local: + :backlinks: none + +.. highlight:: console + +Overview +-------- + +Sphinx is written in `Python`__ and supports Python 3.6+. It builds upon the +shoulders of many third-party libraries such as `Docutils`__ and `Jinja`__, +which are installed when Sphinx is installed. + +__ https://docs.python-guide.org/ +__ https://docutils.sourceforge.io/ +__ https://jinja.palletsprojects.com/ + + +Linux +----- + +Debian/Ubuntu +~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +Install either ``python3-sphinx`` using :command:`apt-get`: + +:: + + $ apt-get install python3-sphinx + +If it not already present, this will install Python for you. + +RHEL, CentOS +~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +Install ``python-sphinx`` using :command:`yum`: + +:: + + $ yum install python-sphinx + +If it not already present, this will install Python for you. + +Other distributions +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +Most Linux distributions have Sphinx in their package repositories. Usually +the package is called ``python3-sphinx``, ``python-sphinx`` or ``sphinx``. Be +aware that there are at least two other packages with ``sphinx`` in their name: +a speech recognition toolkit (*CMU Sphinx*) and a full-text search database +(*Sphinx search*). + + +macOS +----- + +Sphinx can be installed using `Homebrew`__, `MacPorts`__, or as part of +a Python distribution such as `Anaconda`__. + +__ https://brew.sh/ +__ https://www.macports.org/ +__ https://www.anaconda.com/download/#macos + +Homebrew +~~~~~~~~ + +:: + + $ brew install sphinx-doc + +For more information, refer to the `package overview`__. + +__ https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/sphinx-doc + +MacPorts +~~~~~~~~ + +Install either ``python3x-sphinx`` using :command:`port`: + +:: + + $ sudo port install py38-sphinx + +To set up the executable paths, use the ``port select`` command: + +:: + + $ sudo port select --set python python38 + $ sudo port select --set sphinx py38-sphinx + +For more information, refer to the `package overview`__. + +__ https://www.macports.org/ports.php?by=library&substr=py38-sphinx + +Anaconda +~~~~~~~~ + +:: + + $ conda install sphinx + +Windows +------- + +Sphinx can be install using `Chocolatey`__ or +:ref:`installed manually <windows-other-method>`. + +__ https://chocolatey.org/ + +Chocolatey +~~~~~~~~~~ + +:: + + $ choco install sphinx + +You would need to `install Chocolatey +<https://chocolatey.org/install>`_ +before running this. + +For more information, refer to the `chocolatey page`__. + +__ https://chocolatey.org/packages/sphinx/ + +.. _windows-other-method: + +Other Methods +~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +Most Windows users do not have Python installed by default, so we begin with +the installation of Python itself. To check if you already have Python +installed, open the *Command Prompt* (:kbd:`⊞Win-r` and type :command:`cmd`). +Once the command prompt is open, type :command:`python --version` and press +Enter. If Python is installed, you will see the version of Python printed to +the screen. If you do not have Python installed, refer to the `Hitchhikers +Guide to Python's`__ Python on Windows installation guides. You must install +`Python 3`__. + +Once Python is installed, you can install Sphinx using :command:`pip`. Refer +to the :ref:`pip installation instructions <install-pypi>` below for more +information. + +__ https://docs.python-guide.org/ +__ https://docs.python-guide.org/starting/install3/win/ + + +.. _install-pypi: + +Installation from PyPI +---------------------- + +Sphinx packages are published on the `Python Package Index +<https://pypi.org/project/Sphinx/>`_. The preferred tool for installing +packages from *PyPI* is :command:`pip`. This tool is provided with all modern +versions of Python. + +On Linux or MacOS, you should open your terminal and run the following command. + +:: + + $ pip install -U sphinx + +On Windows, you should open *Command Prompt* (:kbd:`⊞Win-r` and type +:command:`cmd`) and run the same command. + +.. code-block:: doscon + + C:\> pip install -U sphinx + +After installation, type :command:`sphinx-build --version` on the command +prompt. If everything worked fine, you will see the version number for the +Sphinx package you just installed. + +Installation from *PyPI* also allows you to install the latest development +release. You will not generally need (or want) to do this, but it can be +useful if you see a possible bug in the latest stable release. To do this, use +the ``--pre`` flag. + +:: + + $ pip install -U --pre sphinx + +Using virtual environments +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +When installing Sphinx using pip, +it is highly recommended to use *virtual environments*, +which isolate the installed packages from the system packages, +thus removing the need to use administrator privileges. +To create a virtual environment in the ``.venv`` directory, +use the following command. + +:: + + $ python -m venv .venv + +You can read more about them in the `Python Packaging User Guide`_. + +.. _Python Packaging User Guide: https://packaging.python.org/guides/installing-using-pip-and-virtual-environments/#creating-a-virtual-environment + +.. warning:: + + Note that in some Linux distributions, such as Debian and Ubuntu, + this might require an extra installation step as follows. + + .. code-block:: console + + $ apt-get install python3-venv + +Docker +------ + +Docker images for Sphinx are published on the `Docker Hub`_. There are two kind +of images: + +- `sphinxdoc/sphinx`_ +- `sphinxdoc/sphinx-latexpdf`_ + +.. _Docker Hub: https://hub.docker.com/ +.. _sphinxdoc/sphinx: https://hub.docker.com/r/sphinxdoc/sphinx +.. _sphinxdoc/sphinx-latexpdf: https://hub.docker.com/r/sphinxdoc/sphinx-latexpdf + +Former one is used for standard usage of Sphinx, and latter one is mainly used for +PDF builds using LaTeX. Please choose one for your purpose. + +.. note:: + + sphinxdoc/sphinx-latexpdf contains TeXLive packages. So the image is very large + (over 2GB!). + +.. hint:: + + When using docker images, please use ``docker run`` command to invoke sphinx + commands. For example, you can use following command to create a Sphinx + project: + + .. code-block:: console + + $ docker run -it --rm -v /path/to/document:/docs sphinxdoc/sphinx sphinx-quickstart + + And you can use the following command to build HTML document: + + .. code-block:: console + + $ docker run --rm -v /path/to/document:/docs sphinxdoc/sphinx make html + +For more details, please read `README file`__ of docker images. + +.. __: https://hub.docker.com/r/sphinxdoc/sphinx + + +Installation from source +------------------------ + +You can install Sphinx directly from a clone of the `Git repository`__. This +can be done either by cloning the repo and installing from the local clone, on +simply installing directly via :command:`git`. + +:: + + $ git clone https://github.com/sphinx-doc/sphinx + $ cd sphinx + $ pip install . + +:: + + $ pip install git+https://github.com/sphinx-doc/sphinx + +You can also download a snapshot of the Git repo in either `tar.gz`__ or +`zip`__ format. Once downloaded and extracted, these can be installed with +:command:`pip` as above. + +.. highlight:: default + +__ https://github.com/sphinx-doc/sphinx +__ https://github.com/sphinx-doc/sphinx/archive/master.tar.gz +__ https://github.com/sphinx-doc/sphinx/archive/master.zip |