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Building Documentation
======================
To create a rendered copy of this documentation locally you can use the
`Sphinx`_ tool to build and package the plain-text documents into HTML-formatted
pages.
If you are building the documentation for the first time then you will need to
check that you have the required software packages, as described in the
*Prerequisites* section that follows.
.. note::
An online copy of the documentation is available at
https://www.trustedfirmware.org/docs/tf-a, if you want to view a rendered
copy without doing a local build.
Prerequisites
-------------
For building a local copy of the |TF-A| documentation you will need:
- Python 3 (3.8 or later)
- PlantUML (1.2017.15 or later)
- `Poetry`_ (Python dependency manager)
- Optionally, the `Dia`_ application can be installed if you need to edit
existing ``.dia`` diagram files, or create new ones.
Below is an example set of instructions to get a working environment (tested on
Ubuntu):
.. code:: shell
sudo apt install python3 python3-pip plantuml [dia]
curl -sSL https://install.python-poetry.org | python3 -
Building rendered documentation
-------------------------------
The documentation can be compiled into HTML-formatted pages from the project
root directory by running:
.. code:: shell
poetry run make doc
Output from the build process will be placed in: ``docs/build/html``.
Other Output Formats
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
We also support building documentation in other formats. From the ``docs``
directory of the project, run the following command to see the supported
formats.
.. code:: shell
poetry run make -C docs help
To build the documentation in PDF format, additionally ensure that the following
packages are installed:
- FreeSerif font
- latexmk
- librsvg2-bin
- xelatex
- xindy
Below is an example set of instructions to install the required packages
(tested on Ubuntu):
.. code:: shell
sudo apt install fonts-freefont-otf latexmk librsvg2-bin texlive-xetex xindy
Once all the dependencies are installed, run the command ``poetry run make -C
docs latexpdf`` to build the documentation. Output from the build process
(``trustedfirmware-a.pdf``) can be found in ``docs/build/latex``.
Building rendered documentation from Poetry's virtual environment
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The command ``poetry run`` used in the steps above executes the input command
from inside the project's virtual environment. The easiest way to activate this
virtual environment is with the ``poetry shell`` command.
Running ``poetry shell`` from the directory containing this project, activates
the same virtual environment. This creates a sub-shell through which you can
build the documentation directly with ``make``.
.. code:: shell
poetry shell
make doc
Type ``exit`` to deactivate the virtual environment and exit this new shell. For
other use cases, please see the official `Poetry`_ documentation.
Building rendered documentation from a container
------------------------------------------------
There may be cases where you can not either install or upgrade required
dependencies to generate the documents, so in this case, one way to
create the documentation is through a docker container. The first step is
to check if `docker`_ is installed in your host, otherwise check main docker
page for installation instructions. Once installed, run the following script
from project root directory
.. code:: shell
docker run --rm -v $PWD:/tf-a sphinxdoc/sphinx \
bash -c 'cd /tf-a &&
apt-get update && apt-get install -y curl plantuml &&
curl -sSL https://install.python-poetry.org | python3 - &&
~/.local/bin/poetry run make doc'
The above command fetches the ``sphinxdoc/sphinx`` container from `docker
hub`_, launches the container, installs documentation requirements and finally
creates the documentation. Once done, exit the container and output from the
build process will be placed in: ``docs/build/html``.
--------------
*Copyright (c) 2019-2024, Arm Limited. All rights reserved.*
.. _Sphinx: http://www.sphinx-doc.org/en/master/
.. _Poetry: https://python-poetry.org/docs/
.. _pip homepage: https://pip.pypa.io/en/stable/
.. _Dia: https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Dia
.. _docker: https://www.docker.com/
.. _docker hub: https://hub.docker.com/repository/docker/sphinxdoc/sphinx
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