[Numpy-discussion] Beginner Help: Generating HTML using Sphinx

[Matti Picus]

On 31/3/19 10:56 pm, Mbeng Tanyi wrote:
> Hello
>
> I also got an error the first time I tried $ make file as follows:
>
>     mkdir -p build/html build/doctrees
>     LANG=C sphinx-build -b html -WT --keep-going -d build/doctrees
>     source build/html
>     /bin/sh: 1: sphinx-build: not found
>     Makefile:123: recipe for target 'html' failed
>     make: *** [html] Error 127
>
>
> After upgrading to sphinx2 as was suggested here, I still get errors 
> after $ make html :
>
>     mkdir -p build/html build/doctrees
>     LANG=C sphinx-build -b html -WT --keep-going -d build/doctrees  
>     source build/html
>     Traceback (most recent call last):
>       File "/home/valentina-t/.local/bin/sphinx-build", line 7, in
>     <module>
>         from sphinx.cmd.build import main
>       File
>     "/home/valentina-t/.local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/sphinx/cmd/build.py",
>     line 39
>         file=stderr)
>             ^
>     SyntaxError: invalid syntax
>     Makefile:123: recipe for target 'html' failed
>     make: *** [html] Error
>
>
>
>

You need to use sphinx version 1.8.5, and python3.6.

Matti