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#!/usr/bin/perl
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# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
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use strict;
# Copyright (c) 2017 Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@kernel.org>
#
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my $conf = "Documentation/conf.py";
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my $requirement_file = "Documentation/sphinx/requirements.txt";
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#
# Static vars
#
my %missing;
my $system_release;
my $need = 0;
my $optional = 0;
my $need_symlink = 0;
my $need_sphinx = 0;
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my $rec_sphinx_upgrade = 0;
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my $install = "";
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my $virtenv_dir = "sphinx_";
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#
# Command line arguments
#
my $pdf = 1;
my $virtualenv = 1;
#
# List of required texlive packages on Fedora and OpenSuse
#
my %texlive = (
'amsfonts.sty' => 'texlive-amsfonts',
'amsmath.sty' => 'texlive-amsmath',
'amssymb.sty' => 'texlive-amsfonts',
'amsthm.sty' => 'texlive-amscls',
'anyfontsize.sty' => 'texlive-anyfontsize',
'atbegshi.sty' => 'texlive-oberdiek',
'bm.sty' => 'texlive-tools',
'capt-of.sty' => 'texlive-capt-of',
'cmap.sty' => 'texlive-cmap',
'ecrm1000.tfm' => 'texlive-ec',
'eqparbox.sty' => 'texlive-eqparbox',
'eu1enc.def' => 'texlive-euenc',
'fancybox.sty' => 'texlive-fancybox',
'fancyvrb.sty' => 'texlive-fancyvrb',
'float.sty' => 'texlive-float',
'fncychap.sty' => 'texlive-fncychap',
'footnote.sty' => 'texlive-mdwtools',
'framed.sty' => 'texlive-framed',
'luatex85.sty' => 'texlive-luatex85',
'multirow.sty' => 'texlive-multirow',
'needspace.sty' => 'texlive-needspace',
'palatino.sty' => 'texlive-psnfss',
'parskip.sty' => 'texlive-parskip',
'polyglossia.sty' => 'texlive-polyglossia',
'tabulary.sty' => 'texlive-tabulary',
'threeparttable.sty' => 'texlive-threeparttable',
'titlesec.sty' => 'texlive-titlesec',
'ucs.sty' => 'texlive-ucs',
'upquote.sty' => 'texlive-upquote',
'wrapfig.sty' => 'texlive-wrapfig',
);
#
# Subroutines that checks if a feature exists
#
sub check_missing(%)
{
my %map = %{$_[0]};
foreach my $prog (sort keys %missing) {
my $is_optional = $missing{$prog};
if ($is_optional) {
print "Warning: better to also install \"$prog\".\n";
} else {
print "ERROR: please install \"$prog\", otherwise, build won't work.\n";
}
if (defined($map{$prog})) {
$install .= " " . $map{$prog};
} else {
$install .= " " . $prog;
}
}
$install =~ s/^\s//;
}
sub add_package($$)
{
my $package = shift;
my $is_optional = shift;
$missing{$package} = $is_optional;
if ($is_optional) {
$optional++;
} else {
$need++;
}
}
sub check_missing_file($$$)
{
my $file = shift;
my $package = shift;
my $is_optional = shift;
return if(-e $file);
add_package($package, $is_optional);
}
sub findprog($)
{
foreach(split(/:/, $ENV{PATH})) {
return "$_/$_[0]" if(-x "$_/$_[0]");
}
}
sub check_program($$)
{
my $prog = shift;
my $is_optional = shift;
return if findprog($prog);
add_package($prog, $is_optional);
}
sub check_perl_module($$)
{
my $prog = shift;
my $is_optional = shift;
my $err = system("perl -M$prog -e 1 2>/dev/null /dev/null");
return if ($err == 0);
add_package($prog, $is_optional);
}
sub check_python_module($$)
{
my $prog = shift;
my $is_optional = shift;
my $err = system("python3 -c 'import $prog' 2>/dev/null /dev/null");
return if ($err == 0);
my $err = system("python -c 'import $prog' 2>/dev/null /dev/null");
return if ($err == 0);
add_package($prog, $is_optional);
}
sub check_rpm_missing($$)
{
my @pkgs = @{$_[0]};
my $is_optional = $_[1];
foreach my $prog(@pkgs) {
my $err = system("rpm -q '$prog' 2>/dev/null >/dev/null");
add_package($prog, $is_optional) if ($err);
}
}
sub check_pacman_missing($$)
{
my @pkgs = @{$_[0]};
my $is_optional = $_[1];
foreach my $prog(@pkgs) {
my $err = system("pacman -Q '$prog' 2>/dev/null >/dev/null");
add_package($prog, $is_optional) if ($err);
}
}
sub check_missing_tex($)
{
my $is_optional = shift;
my $kpsewhich = findprog("kpsewhich");
foreach my $prog(keys %texlive) {
my $package = $texlive{$prog};
if (!$kpsewhich) {
add_package($package, $is_optional);
next;
}
my $file = qx($kpsewhich $prog);
add_package($package, $is_optional) if ($file =~ /^\s*$/);
}
}
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sub get_sphinx_fname()
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{
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my $fname = "sphinx-build";
return $fname if findprog($fname);
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$fname = "sphinx-build-3";
if (findprog($fname)) {
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$need_symlink = 1;
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return $fname;
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}
if ($virtualenv) {
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my $prog = findprog("virtualenv-3");
$prog = findprog("virtualenv-3.5") if (!$prog);
check_program("virtualenv", 0) if (!$prog);
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$need_sphinx = 1;
} else {
add_package("python-sphinx", 0);
}
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return "";
}
sub check_sphinx()
{
my $min_version;
my $rec_version;
my $cur_version;
open IN, $conf or die "Can't open $conf";
while (<IN>) {
if (m/^\s*needs_sphinx\s*=\s*[\'\"]([\d\.]+)[\'\"]/) {
$min_version=$1;
last;
}
}
close IN;
die "Can't get needs_sphinx version from $conf" if (!$min_version);
open IN, $requirement_file or die "Can't open $requirement_file";
while (<IN>) {
if (m/^\s*Sphinx\s*==\s*([\d\.]+)$/) {
$rec_version=$1;
last;
}
}
close IN;
die "Can't get recommended sphinx version from $requirement_file" if (!$min_version);
$virtenv_dir .= $rec_version;
my $sphinx = get_sphinx_fname();
return if ($sphinx eq "");
open IN, "$sphinx --version 2>&1 |" or die "$sphinx returned an error";
while (<IN>) {
if (m/^\s*sphinx-build\s+([\d\.]+)$/) {
$cur_version=$1;
last;
}
# Sphinx 1.2.x uses a different format
if (m/^\s*Sphinx.*\s+([\d\.]+)$/) {
$cur_version=$1;
last;
}
}
close IN;
die "$sphinx didn't return its version" if (!$cur_version);
printf "Sphinx version %s (minimal: %s, recommended >= %s)\n",
$cur_version, $min_version, $rec_version;
if ($cur_version lt $min_version) {
print "Warning: Sphinx version should be >= $min_version\n\n";
$need_sphinx = 1;
return;
}
if ($cur_version lt $rec_version) {
print "Warning: It is recommended at least Sphinx version $rec_version.\n";
print " To upgrade, use:\n\n";
$rec_sphinx_upgrade = 1;
}
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}
#
# Ancillary subroutines
#
sub catcheck($)
{
my $res = "";
$res = qx(cat $_[0]) if (-r $_[0]);
return $res;
}
sub which($)
{
my $file = shift;
my @path = split ":", $ENV{PATH};
foreach my $dir(@path) {
my $name = $dir.'/'.$file;
return $name if (-x $name );
}
return undef;
}
#
# Subroutines that check distro-specific hints
#
sub give_debian_hints()
{
my %map = (
"python-sphinx" => "python3-sphinx",
"sphinx_rtd_theme" => "python3-sphinx-rtd-theme",
"virtualenv" => "virtualenv",
"dot" => "graphviz",
"convert" => "imagemagick",
"Pod::Usage" => "perl-modules",
"xelatex" => "texlive-xetex",
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"rsvg-convert" => "librsvg2-bin",
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);
if ($pdf) {
check_missing_file("/usr/share/fonts/truetype/dejavu/DejaVuSans.ttf",
"fonts-dejavu", 1);
}
check_program("dvipng", 1) if ($pdf);
check_missing(\%map);
return if (!$need && !$optional);
printf("You should run:\n\n\tsudo apt-get install $install\n");
}
sub give_redhat_hints()
{
my %map = (
"python-sphinx" => "python3-sphinx",
"sphinx_rtd_theme" => "python3-sphinx_rtd_theme",
"virtualenv" => "python3-virtualenv",
"dot" => "graphviz",
"convert" => "ImageMagick",
"Pod::Usage" => "perl-Pod-Usage",
"xelatex" => "texlive-xetex-bin",
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"rsvg-convert" => "librsvg2-tools",
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);
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my @fedora26_opt_pkgs = (
"graphviz-gd", # Fedora 26: needed for PDF support
);
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my @fedora_tex_pkgs = (
"texlive-collection-fontsrecommended",
"texlive-collection-latex",
"dejavu-sans-fonts",
"dejavu-serif-fonts",
"dejavu-sans-mono-fonts",
);
scripts/sphinx-pre-install: add minimum support for RHEL
RHEL 7.x and clone distros are shipped with Sphinx 1.1.x,
with is incompatible with Kernel ReST markups.
So, on those systems, the only alternative is to install
it via a Python virtual environment.
While seeking for "pip" on CentOS 7.3, I noticed that it
is not really needed, as python-virtualenv has its version
packaged there already. So, remove this from the list of
requirements for all distributions.
With regards to PDF, we need at least texlive-tabulary
extension, but that is not shipped there (at least on
CentOS). So, disable PDF packages as a whole.
Please notice, however, that texlive + amsmath is needed for
ReST to properly handle ReST ".. math::" tags. Yet, Sphinx
fall back to display the LaTeX math expressions as-is, if
such extension is not available.
So, let's just disable all texlive packages as a whole.
Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@s-opensource.com>
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
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#
# Checks valid for RHEL/CentOS version 7.x.
#
if (! $system_release =~ /Fedora/) {
$map{"virtualenv"} = "python-virtualenv";
}
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my $release;
$release = $1 if ($system_release =~ /Fedora\s+release\s+(\d+)/);
check_rpm_missing(\@fedora26_opt_pkgs, 1) if ($pdf && $release >= 26);
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check_rpm_missing(\@fedora_tex_pkgs, 1) if ($pdf);
check_missing_tex(1) if ($pdf);
check_missing(\%map);
return if (!$need && !$optional);
scripts/sphinx-pre-install: add minimum support for RHEL
RHEL 7.x and clone distros are shipped with Sphinx 1.1.x,
with is incompatible with Kernel ReST markups.
So, on those systems, the only alternative is to install
it via a Python virtual environment.
While seeking for "pip" on CentOS 7.3, I noticed that it
is not really needed, as python-virtualenv has its version
packaged there already. So, remove this from the list of
requirements for all distributions.
With regards to PDF, we need at least texlive-tabulary
extension, but that is not shipped there (at least on
CentOS). So, disable PDF packages as a whole.
Please notice, however, that texlive + amsmath is needed for
ReST to properly handle ReST ".. math::" tags. Yet, Sphinx
fall back to display the LaTeX math expressions as-is, if
such extension is not available.
So, let's just disable all texlive packages as a whole.
Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@s-opensource.com>
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
2017-07-24 15:09:24 +03:00
if ($release >= 18) {
# dnf, for Fedora 18+
printf("You should run:\n\n\tsudo dnf install -y $install\n");
} else {
# yum, for RHEL (and clones) or Fedora version < 18
printf("You should run:\n\n\tsudo yum install -y $install\n");
}
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}
sub give_opensuse_hints()
{
my %map = (
"python-sphinx" => "python3-sphinx",
"sphinx_rtd_theme" => "python3-sphinx_rtd_theme",
"virtualenv" => "python3-virtualenv",
"dot" => "graphviz",
"convert" => "ImageMagick",
"Pod::Usage" => "perl-Pod-Usage",
"xelatex" => "texlive-xetex-bin",
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"rsvg-convert" => "rsvg-view",
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);
my @suse_tex_pkgs = (
"texlive-babel-english",
"texlive-caption",
"texlive-colortbl",
"texlive-courier",
"texlive-dvips",
"texlive-helvetic",
"texlive-makeindex",
"texlive-metafont",
"texlive-metapost",
"texlive-palatino",
"texlive-preview",
"texlive-times",
"texlive-zapfchan",
"texlive-zapfding",
);
check_rpm_missing(\@suse_tex_pkgs, 1) if ($pdf);
check_missing_tex(1) if ($pdf);
check_missing(\%map);
return if (!$need && !$optional);
printf("You should run:\n\n\tsudo zypper install --no-recommends $install\n");
}
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sub give_mageia_hints()
{
my %map = (
"python-sphinx" => "python3-sphinx",
"sphinx_rtd_theme" => "python3-sphinx_rtd_theme",
"virtualenv" => "python3-virtualenv",
"dot" => "graphviz",
"convert" => "ImageMagick",
"Pod::Usage" => "perl-Pod-Usage",
"xelatex" => "texlive",
"rsvg-convert" => "librsvg2-tools",
);
my @tex_pkgs = (
"texlive-fontsextra",
);
check_rpm_missing(\@tex_pkgs, 1) if ($pdf);
check_missing(\%map);
return if (!$need && !$optional);
printf("You should run:\n\n\tsudo urpmi $install\n");
}
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sub give_arch_linux_hints()
{
my %map = (
"sphinx_rtd_theme" => "python-sphinx_rtd_theme",
"virtualenv" => "python-virtualenv",
"dot" => "graphviz",
"convert" => "imagemagick",
"xelatex" => "texlive-bin",
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"rsvg-convert" => "extra/librsvg",
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);
my @archlinux_tex_pkgs = (
"texlive-core",
"texlive-latexextra",
"ttf-dejavu",
);
check_pacman_missing(\@archlinux_tex_pkgs, 1) if ($pdf);
check_missing(\%map);
return if (!$need && !$optional);
printf("You should run:\n\n\tsudo pacman -S $install\n");
}
sub give_gentoo_hints()
{
my %map = (
"sphinx_rtd_theme" => "dev-python/sphinx_rtd_theme",
"virtualenv" => "dev-python/virtualenv",
"dot" => "media-gfx/graphviz",
"convert" => "media-gfx/imagemagick",
"xelatex" => "dev-texlive/texlive-xetex media-fonts/dejavu",
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"rsvg-convert" => "gnome-base/librsvg",
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);
check_missing_file("/usr/share/fonts/dejavu/DejaVuSans.ttf",
"media-fonts/dejavu", 1) if ($pdf);
check_missing(\%map);
return if (!$need && !$optional);
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printf("You should run:\n\n");
printf("\tsudo su -c 'echo \"media-gfx/imagemagick svg png\" > /etc/portage/package.use/imagemagick'\n");
printf("\tsudo su -c 'echo \"media-gfx/graphviz cairo pdf\" > /etc/portage/package.use/graphviz'\n");
printf("\tsudo emerge --ask $install\n");
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}
sub check_distros()
{
# Distro-specific hints
if ($system_release =~ /Red Hat Enterprise Linux/) {
give_redhat_hints;
return;
}
scripts/sphinx-pre-install: add minimum support for RHEL
RHEL 7.x and clone distros are shipped with Sphinx 1.1.x,
with is incompatible with Kernel ReST markups.
So, on those systems, the only alternative is to install
it via a Python virtual environment.
While seeking for "pip" on CentOS 7.3, I noticed that it
is not really needed, as python-virtualenv has its version
packaged there already. So, remove this from the list of
requirements for all distributions.
With regards to PDF, we need at least texlive-tabulary
extension, but that is not shipped there (at least on
CentOS). So, disable PDF packages as a whole.
Please notice, however, that texlive + amsmath is needed for
ReST to properly handle ReST ".. math::" tags. Yet, Sphinx
fall back to display the LaTeX math expressions as-is, if
such extension is not available.
So, let's just disable all texlive packages as a whole.
Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@s-opensource.com>
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
2017-07-24 15:09:24 +03:00
if ($system_release =~ /CentOS/) {
give_redhat_hints;
return;
}
if ($system_release =~ /Scientific Linux/) {
give_redhat_hints;
return;
}
if ($system_release =~ /Oracle Linux Server/) {
give_redhat_hints;
return;
}
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if ($system_release =~ /Fedora/) {
give_redhat_hints;
return;
}
if ($system_release =~ /Ubuntu/) {
give_debian_hints;
return;
}
if ($system_release =~ /Debian/) {
give_debian_hints;
return;
}
if ($system_release =~ /openSUSE/) {
give_opensuse_hints;
return;
}
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if ($system_release =~ /Mageia/) {
give_mageia_hints;
return;
}
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if ($system_release =~ /Arch Linux/) {
give_arch_linux_hints;
return;
}
if ($system_release =~ /Gentoo/) {
give_gentoo_hints;
return;
}
#
# Fall-back to generic hint code for other distros
# That's far from ideal, specially for LaTeX dependencies.
#
my %map = (
"sphinx-build" => "sphinx"
);
check_missing_tex(1) if ($pdf);
check_missing(\%map);
print "I don't know distro $system_release.\n";
print "So, I can't provide you a hint with the install procedure.\n";
print "There are likely missing dependencies.\n";
}
#
# Common dependencies
#
sub check_needs()
{
if ($system_release) {
scripts/sphinx-pre-install: add minimum support for RHEL
RHEL 7.x and clone distros are shipped with Sphinx 1.1.x,
with is incompatible with Kernel ReST markups.
So, on those systems, the only alternative is to install
it via a Python virtual environment.
While seeking for "pip" on CentOS 7.3, I noticed that it
is not really needed, as python-virtualenv has its version
packaged there already. So, remove this from the list of
requirements for all distributions.
With regards to PDF, we need at least texlive-tabulary
extension, but that is not shipped there (at least on
CentOS). So, disable PDF packages as a whole.
Please notice, however, that texlive + amsmath is needed for
ReST to properly handle ReST ".. math::" tags. Yet, Sphinx
fall back to display the LaTeX math expressions as-is, if
such extension is not available.
So, let's just disable all texlive packages as a whole.
Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@s-opensource.com>
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
2017-07-24 15:09:24 +03:00
print "Detected OS: $system_release.\n";
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} else {
scripts/sphinx-pre-install: add minimum support for RHEL
RHEL 7.x and clone distros are shipped with Sphinx 1.1.x,
with is incompatible with Kernel ReST markups.
So, on those systems, the only alternative is to install
it via a Python virtual environment.
While seeking for "pip" on CentOS 7.3, I noticed that it
is not really needed, as python-virtualenv has its version
packaged there already. So, remove this from the list of
requirements for all distributions.
With regards to PDF, we need at least texlive-tabulary
extension, but that is not shipped there (at least on
CentOS). So, disable PDF packages as a whole.
Please notice, however, that texlive + amsmath is needed for
ReST to properly handle ReST ".. math::" tags. Yet, Sphinx
fall back to display the LaTeX math expressions as-is, if
such extension is not available.
So, let's just disable all texlive packages as a whole.
Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@s-opensource.com>
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
2017-07-24 15:09:24 +03:00
print "Unknown OS\n";
}
# RHEL 7.x and clones have Sphinx version 1.1.x and incomplete texlive
if (($system_release =~ /Red Hat Enterprise Linux/) ||
($system_release =~ /CentOS/) ||
($system_release =~ /Scientific Linux/) ||
($system_release =~ /Oracle Linux Server/)) {
$virtualenv = 1;
$pdf = 0;
printf("NOTE: On this distro, Sphinx and TexLive shipped versions are incompatible\n");
printf("with doc build. So, use Sphinx via a Python virtual environment.\n\n");
printf("This script can't install a TexLive version that would provide PDF.\n");
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}
# Check for needed programs/tools
check_sphinx();
check_perl_module("Pod::Usage", 0);
check_program("make", 0);
check_program("gcc", 0);
check_python_module("sphinx_rtd_theme", 1) if (!$virtualenv);
check_program("xelatex", 1) if ($pdf);
check_program("dot", 1);
check_program("convert", 1);
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check_program("rsvg-convert", 1) if ($pdf);
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check_program("latexmk", 1) if ($pdf);
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check_distros();
if ($need_symlink) {
printf "\tsudo ln -sf %s /usr/bin/sphinx-build\n\n",
which("sphinx-build-3");
}
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if ($need_sphinx || $rec_sphinx_upgrade) {
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my $activate = "$virtenv_dir/bin/activate";
if (-e "$ENV{'PWD'}/$activate") {
printf "\nNeed to activate virtualenv with:\n";
printf "\t. $activate\n";
} else {
my $virtualenv = findprog("virtualenv-3");
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$virtualenv = findprog("virtualenv-3.5") if (!$virtualenv);
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$virtualenv = findprog("virtualenv") if (!$virtualenv);
$virtualenv = "virtualenv" if (!$virtualenv);
printf "\t$virtualenv $virtenv_dir\n";
printf "\t. $activate\n";
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printf "\tpip install -r $requirement_file\n";
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$need++ if (!$rec_sphinx_upgrade);
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}
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}
printf "\n";
print "All optional dependenties are met.\n" if (!$optional);
if ($need == 1) {
die "Can't build as $need mandatory dependency is missing";
} elsif ($need) {
die "Can't build as $need mandatory dependencies are missing";
}
print "Needed package dependencies are met.\n";
}
#
# Main
#
while (@ARGV) {
my $arg = shift(@ARGV);
if ($arg eq "--no-virtualenv") {
$virtualenv = 0;
} elsif ($arg eq "--no-pdf"){
$pdf = 0;
} else {
print "Usage:\n\t$0 <--no-virtualenv> <--no-pdf>\n\n";
exit -1;
}
}
#
# Determine the system type. There's no standard unique way that would
# work with all distros with a minimal package install. So, several
# methods are used here.
#
# By default, it will use lsb_release function. If not available, it will
# fail back to reading the known different places where the distro name
# is stored
#
$system_release = qx(lsb_release -d) if which("lsb_release");
$system_release =~ s/Description:\s*// if ($system_release);
$system_release = catcheck("/etc/system-release") if !$system_release;
$system_release = catcheck("/etc/redhat-release") if !$system_release;
$system_release = catcheck("/etc/lsb-release") if !$system_release;
$system_release = catcheck("/etc/gentoo-release") if !$system_release;
$system_release = catcheck("/etc/issue") if !$system_release;
$system_release =~ s/\s+$//;
check_needs;