source: general/prog/python-modules/sphinx.xml@ b112f043

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  %general-entities;

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  <!ENTITY sphinx-download-ftp  " ">
  <!ENTITY sphinx-md5sum        "18b07621d19d4b2cffd58d7a6ac5bed3">
  <!ENTITY sphinx-size          "6.4 MB">
  <!ENTITY sphinx-buildsize     "43 MB (add 35 MB for tests)">
  <!ENTITY sphinx-time          "less than 0.1 SBU (1.1 SBU for tests)">
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  <sect2 id="sphinx" xreflabel="sphinx-&sphinx-version;">

    <title>Sphinx-&sphinx-version;</title>

    <indexterm zone="sphinx">
      <primary sortas="a-sphinx">sphinx</primary>
    </indexterm>

    <sect3 role="package">
      <title>Introduction to Sphinx Module</title>

      <para>
        The <application>Sphinx</application> package is a set of tools
        for translating some structured text formats into pretty documentation
        in various formats.
      </para>

      &lfs112_checked;

      <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Package Information</bridgehead>
      <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
        <listitem>
          <para>
            Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&sphinx-download-http;"/>
          </para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            Download (FTP): <ulink url="&sphinx-download-ftp;"/>
          </para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            Download MD5 sum: &sphinx-md5sum;
          </para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            Download size: &sphinx-size;
          </para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            Estimated disk space required: &sphinx-buildsize;
          </para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            Estimated build time: &sphinx-time;
          </para>
        </listitem>
      </itemizedlist>

      <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Sphinx Dependencies</bridgehead>

      <bridgehead renderas="sect5">Required</bridgehead>
      <para role="required">
        <xref linkend="alabaster"/>,
        <xref linkend="babel"/>,
        <xref linkend="docutils"/>,
        <xref linkend="imagesize"/>,
        <phrase revision="sysv"><xref linkend="Jinja2"/>,</phrase>
        <xref linkend="packaging"/>,
        <xref linkend="pygments"/>,
        <xref linkend="requests"/>,
        <xref linkend="snowballstemmer"/>,
        <xref linkend="sc-applehelp"/>,
        <xref linkend="sc-devhelp"/>,
        <xref linkend="sc-htmlhelp"/>,
        <xref linkend="sc-jsmath"/>,
        <xref linkend="sc-qthelp"/>, and
        <xref linkend="sc-serializinghtml"/>
      </para>

      <bridgehead renderas="sect5">Optional (for tests)</bridgehead>
      <para role="optional">
        <xref linkend="cython"/>,
        <xref linkend="pytest"/>,
        <xref linkend="texlive"/>, and
        <ulink url="https://pypi.org/project/html5lib/">html5lib</ulink>
      </para>

    </sect3>

    <sect3 role="installation">
      <title>Installation of Sphinx</title>

    <para> Build the module: </para>

<screen><userinput>pip3 wheel -w dist --no-build-isolation --no-deps $PWD</userinput></screen>

    <para>
      Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
    </para>

<screen role="root"><userinput>pip3 install --no-index --find-links dist --no-cache-dir --no-user sphinx</userinput></screen>

    <para>
      Assuming <xref linkend="cython"/> and <xref linkend="pytest"/> are
      installed, but the other optional dependency is not, the installation
      can be tested with the following commands:
    </para>

<screen remap="test"><userinput>python3 -m venv --system-site-packages testenv &amp;&amp;
source testenv/bin/activate                    &amp;&amp;
pip3 install html5lib                          &amp;&amp;
python3 /usr/bin/pytest<!-- no && because of a possible error -->
deactivate</userinput></screen>

    </sect3>

    <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
      href="../../../xincludes/pip3-cmd-explain.xml"/>

    <sect3 role="content">
      <title>Contents</title>

      <segmentedlist>
        <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
        <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
        <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>

        <seglistitem>
          <seg>
            sphinx-apidoc, sphinx-autogen, sphinx-build, and sphinx-quickstart
          </seg>
          <seg>None</seg>
          <seg>
            /usr/lib/python&python3-majorver;/site-packages/sphinx and
            /usr/lib/python&python3-majorver;/site-packages/sphinx-&sphinx-version;.dist-info
          </seg>
        </seglistitem>
      </segmentedlist>

      <variablelist>
        <bridgehead renderas="sect5">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
        <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
        <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>

        <varlistentry id="sphinx-apidoc">
          <term><command>sphinx-apidoc</command></term>
          <listitem>
            <para>
              creates an reST file from python modules and packages
            </para>
            <indexterm zone="sphinx sphinx-apidoc">
              <primary sortas="b-sphinx-apidoc">sphinx-apidoc</primary>
            </indexterm>
          </listitem>
        </varlistentry>

        <varlistentry id="sphinx-autogen">
          <term><command>sphinx-autogen</command></term>
          <listitem>
            <para>
              generates ReStructuredText from special directives contained
              in given input files
            </para>
            <indexterm zone="sphinx sphinx-autogen">
              <primary sortas="b-sphinx-autogen">sphinx-autogen</primary>
            </indexterm>
          </listitem>
        </varlistentry>

        <varlistentry id="sphinx-build">
          <term><command>sphinx-build</command></term>
          <listitem>
            <para>
              generates documentation in various formats from ReStructuredText
              source files
            </para>
            <indexterm zone="sphinx sphinx-build">
              <primary sortas="b-sphinx-build">sphinx-build</primary>
            </indexterm>
          </listitem>
        </varlistentry>

        <varlistentry id="sphinx-quickstart">
          <term><command>sphinx-quickstart</command></term>
          <listitem>
            <para>
              generates required files for a sphinx project
            </para>
            <indexterm zone="sphinx sphinx-quickstart">
              <primary sortas="b-sphinx-quickstart">sphinx-quickstart</primary>
            </indexterm>
          </listitem>
        </varlistentry>

      </variablelist>

    </sect3>

  </sect2>