[OSGeoLive] Building the OSGeoLive docs on Windows

[Angelos Tzotsos]

Thanks for testing Seth!

On Tue, May 15, 2018 at 2:04 AM, Seth G <sethg at geographika.co.uk> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> The build steps for OSGeo Live worked fine for me on Windows using CMake -
> an excellent job of cross platform configuration!
>
> I've detailed the steps I took below in case anyone else needs to do the
> same. Is there a wiki page these could be added to?
>
> 1. Setup the Python virtual environment
>
> pip install virtualenv
> virtualenv.exe C:\VirtualEnvs\osgeolive
> C:\VirtualEnvs\osgeolive\Scripts\activate
> pip install sphinx==1.6.5
> pip install sphinx-intl
> pip install sphinxjp.themes.revealjs
>
> 2. Download and unzip Strawberry Perl (a portable version of Perl that
> runs on Windows) from http://strawberryperl.com/releases.html e.g.
> http://strawberryperl.com/download/5.26.2.1/strawberry-
> perl-5.26.2.1-64bit-portable.zip
>
> 3. Install the required Perl package:
>
> SET PERL_HOME=D:\Tools\strawberry-perl-5.26.2.1-64bit-portable
> SET PATH=%PERL_HOME%\perl\site\bin;%PERL_HOME%\perl\bin;%
> PERL_HOME%\c\bin;%PATH%
> perl -MCPAN -e shell
> install Text::SimpleTable::AutoWidth
> exit
>
> 4. Download and unzip CMake (https://cmake.org/download/ - a portable
> version can be used e.g. https://cmake.org/files/v3.11/
> cmake-3.11.1-win64-x64.zip)
>
> 5. Create the build folder and checkout the latest code:
>
> cd /D D:\OSGeoLive-doc
> git clone https://github.com/OSGeo/OSGeoLive-doc.git
> mkdir build
> cd build
>
> 6. Create the Visual Studio projects using Cmake:
>
> D:\Tools\cmake-3.9.1-win64-x64\bin\cmake -DHTML=ON ..
>
> 7. Set the Visual Studio environment variables (in this example VS2017)
> and build the projects using msbuild
>
> "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Professional\VC\Auxiliary\Build\vcvarsall.bat"
> amd64
> msbuild ALL_BUILD.vcxproj
>
> The output is also in build/doc/_build/html/
>
> To rebuild the docs again in a new command prompt run the commands below:
>
> C:\VirtualEnvs\osgeolive\Scripts\activate
> SET PERL_HOME=D:\Tools\strawberry-perl-5.26.2.1-64bit-portable
> SET PATH=%PERL_HOME%\perl\site\bin;%PERL_HOME%\perl\bin;%
> PERL_HOME%\c\bin;%PATH%
> "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Professional\VC\Auxiliary\Build\vcvarsall.bat"
> amd64
> cd /D D:\OSGeoLive-doc\build
> D:\Tools\cmake-3.9.1-win64-x64\bin\cmake -DHTML=ON ..
> msbuild ALL_BUILD.vcxproj
>
>
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Angelos Tzotsos, PhD
OSGeo Charter Member
http://users.ntua.gr/tzotsos
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