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* Add documentation on building Corda for Win/*nix and clean up doc building documentation * Split up building corda instructions from building docs instructions * Address review comments
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Building the documentation
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==========================
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The documentation is under the ``docs`` folder, and is written in reStructuredText format. Documentation in HTML format
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is pre-generated, as well as code documentation, and this can be done automatically via a provided script.
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Requirements
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In order to build the documentation you will need a development environment set up as described under :doc:`building-corda`.
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You will also need additional dependencies based on your O/S which are detailed below.
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Windows
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Git, bash and make
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In order to build the documentation for Corda you need a ``bash`` emulator with ``make`` installed and accessible from the command prompt. Git for
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Windows ships with a version of MinGW that contains a ``bash`` emulator, to which you can download and add a Windows port of
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``make``, instructions for which are provided below. Alternatively you can install a full version of MinGW from `here <http://www.mingw.org/>`_.
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1. Go to `ezwinports <https://sourceforge.net/projects/ezwinports/files/>`_ and click the download for ``make-4.2.1-without-guile-w32-bin.zip``
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2. Navigate to the Git installation directory (by default ``C:\Program Files\Git``), open ``mingw64``
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3. Unzip the downloaded file into this directory, but do NOT overwrite/replace any existing files
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4. Add the Git ``bin`` directory to your system PATH environment variable (by default ``C:\Program Files\Git\bin``)
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5. Open a new command prompt and run ``bash`` to test that you can access the Git bash emulator
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6. Type ``make`` to make sure it has been installed successfully (you should get an error
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like ``make: *** No targets specified and no makefile found. Stop.``)
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Python, Pip and VirtualEnv
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1. Visit https://www.python.org/downloads
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2. Scroll down to the most recent v2 release (tested with v.2.7.15) and click the download link
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3. Download the "Windows x86-64 MSI installer"
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4. Run the installation, making a note of the Python installation directory (defaults to ``c:\Python27``)
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5. Add the Python installation directory (e.g. ``c:\Python27``) to your system PATH environment variable
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6. Add the Python scripts sub-directory (e.g. ``c:\Python27\scripts``) to your system PATH environment variable
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7. Open a new command prompt and check you can run Python by running ``python --version``
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8. Check you can run pip by running ``pip --version``
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9. Install ``virtualenv`` by running ``pip install virtualenv`` from the commandline
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10. Check you can run ``virualenv`` by running ``virtualenv --version`` from the commandline.
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LaTeX
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Corda requires LaTeX to be available for building the documentation. The instructions below are for installing TeX Live
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but other distributions are available.
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1. Visit https://tug.org/texlive/
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2. Click download
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3. Download and run ``install-tl-windows.exe``
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4. Keep the default options (simple installation is fine)
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5. Open a new command prompt and check you can run ``pdflatex`` by running ``pdflatex --version``
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Debian/Ubuntu Linux
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These instructions were tested on Ubuntu Server 18.04 LTS. This distribution includes ``git`` and ``python`` so only the following steps are required:
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Pip/VirtualEnv
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1. Run ``sudo apt-get install python-pip``
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2. Run ``pip install virtualenv``
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3. Run ``pip --version`` to verify that pip is installed correctly
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4. Run ``virtualenv --version`` to verify that virtualenv is installed correctly
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LaTeX
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~~~~~
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Corda requires LaTeX to be available for building the documentation. The instructions below are for installing TeX Live
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but other distributions are available.
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1. Run ``sudo apt-get install texlive-full``
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Build
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Once the requirements are installed, you can automatically build the HTML format user documentation, PDF, and
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the API documentation by running the following script:
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.. sourcecode:: shell
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// On Windows
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gradlew buildDocs
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// On Mac and Linux
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./gradlew buildDocs
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Alternatively you can build non-HTML formats from the ``docs`` folder.
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However, running ``make`` from the command line requires further dependencies to be installed. When building in Gradle they
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are installed in a `python virtualenv <https://virtualenv.pypa.io/en/stable/>`_, so they will need explicitly installing
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by running:
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.. sourcecode:: shell
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pip install -r requirements.txt
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Change directory to the ``docs`` folder and then run the following to see a list of all available formats:
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.. sourcecode:: shell
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make
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For example to produce the documentation in HTML format run:
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.. sourcecode:: shell
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make html
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