Sphinx on Windows

Simon Peyton Jones simonpj at microsoft.com
Mon Oct 26 09:41:39 UTC 2015


I have not tried that.  But 'pip' gives "command not found".

Maybe I need something in my path?  I appear to have python 2.7.5 installed; it does not appear to have pip.exe.

Simon

|  -----Original Message-----
|  From: David Kraeutmann [mailto:kane at kane.cx]
|  Sent: 26 October 2015 08:32
|  To: Simon Peyton Jones
|  Cc: ghc-devs at haskell.org
|  Subject: Re: Sphinx on Windows
|  
|  'pip' is just a Python package manager. Following the steps at
|  https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3a%2f%2fsphinx-
|  doc.org%2flatest%2finstall.html%23windows-install-python-and-
|  sphinx&data=01%7c01%7csimonpj%40064d.mgd.microsoft.com%7c865e98e064ee4e54daa
|  d08d2dddff6dd%7c72f988bf86f141af91ab2d7cd011db47%7c1&sdata=TtHa5dAl%2fEASoNW
|  kXJDQ0Om6ilkxRguR%2bpBrZP19ujc%3d
|  should give you a working sphinx install. I can test those on my Windows
|  machine once I'm home, but that won't be for a few hours.
|  
|  On Mon, Oct 26, 2015 at 8:59 AM, Simon Peyton Jones <simonpj at microsoft.com>
|  wrote:
|  > The GHC wiki says you need Sphinx to build docs,
|  >
|  >
|  > https://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/wiki/Building/Preparation/Tools
|  >
|  > and refers to the Preparation doc for how to install Sphinx
|  >
|  > https://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/wiki/Building/Preparation
|  >
|  > But the Windows sub-page of Preparation does not say how to install
|  Sphinx.
|  >
|  > Question: how does one install Sphinx on Windows?  The sphinx-doc home
|  > page mutters about ‘pip’, but I’ve never used that.  Does anyone have
|  > instructions?
|  >
|  > Thanks
|  >
|  > Simon
|  >
|  >
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