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diff --git a/sources/pyside2/doc/gettingstarted.rst b/sources/pyside2/doc/gettingstarted.rst deleted file mode 100644 index 5d3ea3c31..000000000 --- a/sources/pyside2/doc/gettingstarted.rst +++ /dev/null @@ -1,111 +0,0 @@ -|project| Getting Started -========================== - -This page is focused on building |project| from source, if you just want to install |pymodname| -with ``pip`` you need to run:: - - pip install pyside2 - -for more details, refer to our `Quick Start`_ guide. - -.. _Quick Start: quickstart.html - -General Requirements --------------------- - - * **Python**: 3.5+ and 2.7 - * **Qt:** 5.12+ is recommended - * **libclang:** The libclang library, recommended: version 6 for PySide2 5.12. - Prebuilt versions of it can be `downloaded here`_. - * **CMake:** 3.1+ is needed. - -.. _downloaded here: http://download.qt.io/development_releases/prebuilt/libclang/ - -Guides per platform -------------------- - -You can refer to the following pages for platform specific instructions: - - * `Windows`_, - * `macOS`_, - * `Linux`_, - * Mobile platforms (iOS/Android) **(no support)** - * Embedded platforms **(no official support)** - - .. note:: Most Linux-based embedded OS provide PySide2 with their official - package manager (e.g. `Raspbian`_ and `ArchlinuxARM`_). - -.. _Windows: gettingstarted-windows.html -.. _macOS: gettingstarted-macOS.html -.. _Linux: gettingstarted-linux.html -.. _Raspbian: https://www.raspbian.org/ -.. _ArchlinuxARM: https://archlinuxarm.org/ - -A normal building command will look like this:: - - python setup.py install --qmake=/path/to/qmake \ - --ignore-git \ - --debug \ - --build-tests \ - --parallel=8 \ - --make-spec=ninja \ - --verbose-build \ - --module-subset=Core,Gui,Widgets - -Which will build and install the project with **debug** symbols, including the **tests**, -using **ninja** (instead of make), and considering only the **module subset** of QtCore, QtGUI -and QtWidgets. - -Other important options to consider are: - * ``--cmake``, to specify the path to the cmake binary, - * ``--reuse-build``, to rebuild only the modified files, - * ``--openssl=/path/to/openssl/bin``, to use a different path for OpenSSL, - * ``--standalone``, to copy over the Qt libraries into the final package - to make it work on other machines. - -Testing the installation -------------------------- - -Once the installation finishes, you will be able to execute any of our examples:: - - python examples/widgets/widgets/tetrix.py - -Running Tests --------------- - -Using the ``--build-tests`` option will enable us to run all the auto tests inside the project:: - - python testrunner.py test > testlog.txt - -.. note:: On Windows, don't forget to have qmake in your path - (``set PATH=E:\Path\to\Qt\5.14\msvc2017_64\bin;%PATH%``) - -You can also run a specific test (for example ``qpainter_test``) by running:: - - ctest -R qpainter_test --verbose - -Building the documentation ---------------------------- - -The documentation is being generated using **qdoc** to get the API information, and also **sphinx** -for the local Python related notes. - -The system required ``libxml2`` and `libxslt``, also on the Python environment, ``sphinx`` and -``graphviz`` need to be installed before running the installation process:: - - pip install graphviz sphinx - -After installing ``graphviz`, the ``dot`` command needs to be in PATH, otherwise, -the process will fail. Installing ``graphviz`` system-wide is also an option. - -Since the process rely on a Qt installation, you need to specify where the ``qtbase`` directory -you will use with your ``qmake`` is located:: - - export QT_SRC_DIR=/path/to/qtbase - -Once the build process finishes, you can go to the generated ``*_build/*_release/pyside2`` -directory, and run:: - - make apidoc - -Finally, you will get a ``html`` directory containing all the generated documentation. |