Installation on macOS

This guide covers the following topics:

1. Installing Dependencies
2. Downloading the Repository
3. Setting up the Build Environment

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.

• Python
• PIP
• Subversion

Downloading the Repository

Simply check out the blender-manual repository using:

   cd ~
   svn checkout https://svn.blender.org/svnroot/bf-manual/trunk/blender_docs

The repository will now be downloaded which may take a few minutes depending on your internet connection.

Setting up the Build Environment

In a terminal, enter the blender_docs folder which was just added by the SVN checkout:

cd ~/blender_docs

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:

sudo pip install -r requirements.txt

Note

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

sudo pip install -r requirements.txt --upgrade

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Continue with the next step: Building