Installation on Linux¶
This guide covers the following topics:
Installing Dependencies¶
Below are listed the installation commands for popular Linux distributions.
For the appropriate system, run the command in a terminal:
Debian/Ubuntu:
sudo apt-get install python3 python3-pip git git-lfs
git lfs install --skip-repo
Redhat/Fedora:
sudo dnf install python python-pip git git-lfs
git lfs install --skip-repo
Arch Linux:
sudo pacman -S python python-pip git git-lfs
git lfs install --skip-repo
Downloading the Repository¶
Simply check out the Blender Manual’s repository using:
cd ~
git clone https://projects.blender.org/blender/blender-manual.git
The repository will now be downloaded which may take a few minutes depending on your internet connection.
Setting up the Build Environment¶
Open a Terminal window.
Enter the
blender-manual
folder which was just added bygit clone
:cd ~/blender-manual
Install dependencies:
make setup
Note
Every now and then you need to re-run this command, to make sure dependencies are up to date.
Tip
make setup
automatically creates a virtual environment using these commands:
python3 -m venv .venv
.venv/bin/pip install -r requirements.txt
This avoids interfering with the system Python installation, following PEP 668
The Sphinx command is available at:
.venv/bin/sphinx-build