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The intro guide mostly contained out-of-date information or information that was duplicated from elsewhere. Remove it in favour of an enhanced quickstart guide. Signed-off-by: Stephen Finucane <stephen@that.guru>
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Installing Sphinx
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.. contents::
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:depth: 1
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:local:
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:backlinks: none
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.. highlight:: console
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Overview
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--------
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Sphinx is written in `Python`__ and supports Python 3.5+. It builds upon the
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shoulders of many third-party libraries such as `Docutils`__ and `Jinja`__,
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which are installed when Sphinx is installed.
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__ https://docs.python-guide.org/
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__ https://docutils.sourceforge.io/
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__ https://jinja.palletsprojects.com/
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Linux
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Debian/Ubuntu
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Install either ``python3-sphinx`` using :command:`apt-get`:
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::
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$ apt-get install python3-sphinx
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If it not already present, this will install Python for you.
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RHEL, CentOS
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Install ``python-sphinx`` using :command:`yum`:
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::
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$ yum install python-sphinx
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If it not already present, this will install Python for you.
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Other distributions
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Most Linux distributions have Sphinx in their package repositories. Usually
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the package is called ``python3-sphinx``, ``python-sphinx`` or ``sphinx``. Be
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aware that there are at least two other packages with ``sphinx`` in their name:
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a speech recognition toolkit (*CMU Sphinx*) and a full-text search database
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(*Sphinx search*).
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macOS
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-----
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Sphinx can be installed using `Homebrew`__, `MacPorts`__, or as part of
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a Python distribution such as `Anaconda`__.
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__ https://brew.sh/
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__ https://www.macports.org/
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__ https://www.anaconda.com/download/#macos
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Homebrew
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::
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$ brew install sphinx-doc
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For more information, refer to the `package overview`__.
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__ https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/sphinx-doc
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MacPorts
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Install either ``python3x-sphinx`` using :command:`port`:
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$ sudo port install py38-sphinx
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To set up the executable paths, use the ``port select`` command:
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$ sudo port select --set python python38
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$ sudo port select --set sphinx py38-sphinx
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For more information, refer to the `package overview`__.
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__ https://www.macports.org/ports.php?by=library&substr=py38-sphinx
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Anaconda
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$ conda install sphinx
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Windows
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-------
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.. todo:: Could we start packaging this?
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Most Windows users do not have Python installed by default, so we begin with
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the installation of Python itself. To check if you already have Python
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installed, open the *Command Prompt* (:kbd:`⊞Win-r` and type :command:`cmd`).
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Once the command prompt is open, type :command:`python --version` and press
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Enter. If Python is installed, you will see the version of Python printed to
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the screen. If you do not have Python installed, refer to the `Hitchhikers
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Guide to Python's`__ Python on Windows installation guides. You must install
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`Python 3`__.
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Once Python is installed, you can install Sphinx using :command:`pip`. Refer
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to the :ref:`pip installation instructions <install-pypi>` below for more
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information.
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__ https://docs.python-guide.org/
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__ https://docs.python-guide.org/starting/install3/win/
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.. _install-pypi:
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Installation from PyPI
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----------------------
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Sphinx packages are published on the `Python Package Index
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<https://pypi.org/project/Sphinx/>`_. The preferred tool for installing
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packages from *PyPI* is :command:`pip`. This tool is provided with all modern
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versions of Python.
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On Linux or MacOS, you should open your terminal and run the following command.
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$ pip install -U sphinx
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On Windows, you should open *Command Prompt* (:kbd:`⊞Win-r` and type
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:command:`cmd`) and run the same command.
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.. code-block:: doscon
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C:\> pip install -U sphinx
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After installation, type :command:`sphinx-build --version` on the command
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prompt. If everything worked fine, you will see the version number for the
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Sphinx package you just installed.
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Installation from *PyPI* also allows you to install the latest development
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release. You will not generally need (or want) to do this, but it can be
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useful if you see a possible bug in the latest stable release. To do this, use
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the ``--pre`` flag.
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$ pip install -U --pre sphinx
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Docker
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Docker images for Sphinx are published on the `Docker Hub <https://hub.docker.com/>`_. There are two kind of images:
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- `sphinxdoc/sphinx <https://hub.docker.com/repository/docker/sphinxdoc/sphinx>`_
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- `sphinxdoc/sphinx-latexpdf <https://hub.docker.com/repository/docker/sphinxdoc/sphinx-latexpdf>`_
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Former one is used for standard usage of Sphinx, and latter one is mainly used for PDF builds using LaTeX.
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Please choose one for your purpose.
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.. note::
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sphinxdoc/sphinx-latexpdf contains TeXLive packages. So the image is very large (over 2GB!).
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.. hint::
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When using docker images, please use ``docker run`` command to invoke sphinx commands. For example,
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you can use following command to create a Sphinx project::
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$ docker run --rm -v /path/to/document:/docs sphinxdoc/sphinx sphinx-quickstart
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And you can following command this to build HTML document::
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$ docker run --rm -v /path/to/document:/docs sphinxdoc/sphinx make html
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For more details, please read `README file`__ of docker images.
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.. __: https://hub.docker.com/repository/docker/sphinxdoc/sphinx
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Installation from source
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------------------------
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You can install Sphinx directly from a clone of the `Git repository`__. This
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can be done either by cloning the repo and installing from the local clone, on
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simply installing directly via :command:`git`.
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$ git clone https://github.com/sphinx-doc/sphinx
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$ cd sphinx
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$ pip install .
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$ pip install git+https://github.com/sphinx-doc/sphinx
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You can also download a snapshot of the Git repo in either `tar.gz`__ or
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`zip`__ format. Once downloaded and extracted, these can be installed with
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:command:`pip` as above.
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.. highlight:: default
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__ https://github.com/sphinx-doc/sphinx
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__ https://github.com/sphinx-doc/sphinx/archive/master.tar.gz
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__ https://github.com/sphinx-doc/sphinx/archive/master.zip
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