Installation on macOS#

This guide covers the following topics:

Note

This guide relies heavily on command-line tools. It assumes you are the least familiar with the macOS Terminal application.

Installing Dependencies#

Install those packages or make sure you have them in your system.

When using Homebrew, run the following commands in the terminal:

python3 -m ensurepip
brew install git git-lfs
git lfs install

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.

Tip

It is recommended to setup and activate a virtual Python environment where dependencies will be installed:

python3 -m venv .venv
source .venv/bin/activate

Repeat the source .venv/bin/activate command to re-activate the virtual environment, whenever you open a new terminal to build the documentation.

Open a Terminal window.
Enter the blender-manual folder which was just added by git clone:
```
cd ~/blender-manual
```
Inside that folder is a file called requirements.txt which contains a list of all the dependencies we need. To install these dependencies, we can use the pip command:
```
pip install -r requirements.txt
```

Note

Every now and then you may want to make sure your dependencies are up to date using:

pip install -r requirements.txt --upgrade