DocBook Install mini-HOWTO

Robert B Easter

reaster@comptechnews.com

Revision History
Revision v1.7	2001-03-28	Revised by: rbe

DocBook-Install-mini-HOWTO is a detailed practical guide for novices to quickly getting DocBook installed and processing sgml files into html, ps, and pdf on a GNU/Linux system - other systems may be similar. Since setup of DocBook requires files from several separately distributed packages, it can be confusing for beginners.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction

1.1. Information About this Document
1.2. What is DocBook
1.3. Brief Overview

2. Download the Packages

2.1. OpenJade
2.2. DocBook SGML DTD
2.3. ISO8879 ENTITY SGML
2.4. DocBook DSSSL
2.5. Sgmltools-lite
2.6. HTMLdoc
2.7. DocBook2X
2.8. Quick Download Links

3. Install the Packages

3.1. Install OpenJade

3.1.1. openjade

3.1.2. jadetex & pdfjadetex

3.1.2.1. Create hugelatex (if needed)
3.1.2.2. jadetex & pdfjadetex

3.2. DocBook SGML DTD

3.2.1. Unpack the DocBook SGML DTD
3.2.2. Unpack the ISO8879 Entities

3.3. DocBook DSSSL

3.4. sgmltools-lite

3.5. htmldoc

3.5.1. binary
3.5.2. source
3.5.3. ldp_print

3.6. DocBook2X and SGMLS.pm (sgmlspl)

3.6.1. sgmlspl
3.6.2. docbook2X (docbook2man-spec.pl)

3.7. $SGML_CATALOG_FILES

4. Using DocBook

4.1. Generating HTML

4.1.1. docbook.dsl
4.1.2. ldp.dsl

4.2. Generating rtf and tex

4.3. Generating dvi and ps

4.4. Generating pdf

4.5. Using make

4.6. Generating a manpage

A.1. Copyright and Licenses
A.2. Disclaimer

B. GNU Free Documentation License

0. PREAMBLE
1. APPLICABILITY AND DEFINITIONS
2. VERBATIM COPYING
3. COPYING IN QUANTITY
4. MODIFICATIONS
5. COMBINING DOCUMENTS
6. COLLECTIONS OF DOCUMENTS
7. AGGREGATION WITH INDEPENDENT WORKS
8. TRANSLATION
9. TERMINATION
10. FUTURE REVISIONS OF THIS LICENSE
How to use this License for your documents

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