================= Installing Sphinx ================= .. contents:: :depth: 1 :local: :backlinks: none .. highlight:: console Overview -------- Sphinx is written in `Python`__ and supports Python 3.5+. __ https://docs.python-guide.org/ Linux ----- Debian/Ubuntu ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Install either ``python3-sphinx`` (Python 3) or ``python-sphinx`` (Python 2) 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 ``python36-sphinx`` (Python 3) or ``python27-sphinx`` (Python 2) using :command:`port`: :: $ sudo port install py36-sphinx To set up the executable paths, use the ``port select`` command: :: $ sudo port select --set python python36 $ sudo port select --set sphinx py36-sphinx For more information, refer to the `package overview`__. __ https://www.macports.org/ports.php?by=library&substr=py36-sphinx Anaconda ~~~~~~~~ :: $ conda install sphinx Windows ------- .. todo:: Could we start packaging this? 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 ` 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 `_. 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 Docker ------ Docker images for Sphinx are published on the `Docker Hub `_. There are two kind of images: - `sphinxdoc/sphinx `_ - `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!). .. todo:: The description after this line is not about "installation". So it might be better to move other place. You can create a Sphinx project:: $ docker run --rm -v /path/to/document:/docs sphinxdoc/sphinx sphinx-quickstart You can build HTML document:: $ docker run --rm -v /path/to/document:/docs sphinxdoc/sphinx make html You can build EPUB document:: $ docker run --rm -v /path/to/document:/docs sphinxdoc/sphinx make epub You can build PDF document:: $ docker run --rm -v /path/to/document:/docs sphinxdoc/sphinx-latexpdf make latexpdf If you would like to install dependencies, use sphinxdoc/sphinx as a base image .. code-block:: docker # in your Dockerfile FROM sphinxdoc/sphinx WORKDIR /docs ADD requirements.txt /docs RUN pip3 install -r requirements.txt 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