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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" /><title>J.3. Building The Documentation</title><link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="stylesheet.css" /><link rev="made" href="pgsql-docs@lists.postgresql.org" /><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets Vsnapshot" /><link rel="prev" href="docguide-toolsets.html" title="J.2. Tool Sets" /><link rel="next" href="docguide-authoring.html" title="J.4. Documentation Authoring" /></head><body><div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/transitional" class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="5" align="center">J.3. Building The Documentation</th></tr><tr><td width="10%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="docguide-toolsets.html" title="J.2. Tool Sets">Prev</a> </td><td width="10%" align="left"><a accesskey="u" href="docguide.html" title="Appendix J. Documentation">Up</a></td><th width="60%" align="center">Appendix J. Documentation</th><td width="10%" align="right"><a accesskey="h" href="index.html" title="PostgreSQL 11.5 Documentation">Home</a></td><td width="10%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="docguide-authoring.html" title="J.4. Documentation Authoring">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr></hr></div><div class="sect1" id="DOCGUIDE-BUILD"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both">J.3. Building The Documentation</h2></div></div></div><div class="toc"><dl class="toc"><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="docguide-build.html#id-1.11.11.6.3">J.3.1. HTML</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="docguide-build.html#id-1.11.11.6.4">J.3.2. Manpages</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="docguide-build.html#id-1.11.11.6.5">J.3.3. PDF</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="docguide-build.html#id-1.11.11.6.6">J.3.4. Plain Text Files</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="docguide-build.html#id-1.11.11.6.7">J.3.5. Syntax Check</a></span></dt></dl></div><p>
Once you have everything set up, change to the directory
<code class="filename">doc/src/sgml</code> and run one of the commands
described in the following subsections to build the
documentation. (Remember to use GNU make.)
</p><div class="sect2" id="id-1.11.11.6.3"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title">J.3.1. HTML</h3></div></div></div><p>
To build the <acronym class="acronym">HTML</acronym> version of the documentation:
</p><pre class="screen">
<code class="prompt">doc/src/sgml$ </code><strong class="userinput"><code>make html</code></strong>
</pre><p>
This is also the default target. The output appears in the
subdirectory <code class="filename">html</code>.
</p><p>
To produce HTML documentation with the stylesheet used on <a class="ulink" href="https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/" target="_top">postgresql.org</a> instead of the
default simple style use:
</p><pre class="screen">
<code class="prompt">doc/src/sgml$ </code><strong class="userinput"><code>make STYLE=website html</code></strong>
</pre><p>
</p></div><div class="sect2" id="id-1.11.11.6.4"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title">J.3.2. Manpages</h3></div></div></div><p>
We use the DocBook XSL stylesheets to
convert <span class="productname">DocBook</span>
<code class="sgmltag-element">refentry</code> pages to *roff output suitable for man
pages. To create the man pages, use the command:
</p><pre class="screen">
<code class="prompt">doc/src/sgml$ </code><strong class="userinput"><code>make man</code></strong>
</pre><p>
</p></div><div class="sect2" id="id-1.11.11.6.5"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title">J.3.3. PDF</h3></div></div></div><p>
To produce a PDF rendition of the documentation
using <span class="productname">FOP</span>, you can use one of the following
commands, depending on the preferred paper format:
</p><div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist" style="list-style-type: disc; "><li class="listitem"><p>
For A4 format:
</p><pre class="screen">
<code class="prompt">doc/src/sgml$ </code><strong class="userinput"><code>make postgres-A4.pdf</code></strong>
</pre><p>
</p></li><li class="listitem"><p>
For U.S. letter format:
</p><pre class="screen">
<code class="prompt">doc/src/sgml$ </code><strong class="userinput"><code>make postgres-US.pdf</code></strong>
</pre><p>
</p></li></ul></div><p>
</p><p>
Because the PostgreSQL documentation is fairly
big, <span class="productname">FOP</span> will require a significant amount of
memory. Because of that, on some systems, the build will fail with a
memory-related error message. This can usually be fixed by configuring
Java heap settings in the configuration
file <code class="filename">~/.foprc</code>, for example:
</p><pre class="programlisting">
# FOP binary distribution
FOP_OPTS='-Xmx1500m'
# Debian
JAVA_ARGS='-Xmx1500m'
# Red Hat
ADDITIONAL_FLAGS='-Xmx1500m'
</pre><p>
There is a minimum amount of memory that is required, and to some extent
more memory appears to make things a bit faster. On systems with very
little memory (less than 1 GB), the build will either be very slow due to
swapping or will not work at all.
</p><p>
Other XSL-FO processors can also be used manually, but the automated build
process only supports FOP.
</p></div><div class="sect2" id="id-1.11.11.6.6"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title">J.3.4. Plain Text Files</h3></div></div></div><p>
The installation instructions are also distributed as plain text,
in case they are needed in a situation where better reading tools
are not available. The <code class="filename">INSTALL</code> file
corresponds to <a class="xref" href="installation.html" title="Chapter 16. Installation from Source Code">Chapter 16</a>, with some minor
changes to account for the different context. To recreate the
file, change to the directory <code class="filename">doc/src/sgml</code>
and enter <strong class="userinput"><code>make INSTALL</code></strong>.
</p><p>
In the past, the release notes and regression testing instructions
were also distributed as plain text, but this practice has been
discontinued.
</p></div><div class="sect2" id="id-1.11.11.6.7"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title">J.3.5. Syntax Check</h3></div></div></div><p>
Building the documentation can take very long. But there is a
method to just check the correct syntax of the documentation
files, which only takes a few seconds:
</p><pre class="screen">
<code class="prompt">doc/src/sgml$ </code><strong class="userinput"><code>make check</code></strong>
</pre><p>
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